Trust Accounts Act 1973
LegislationReferenced in 2 bills
Building Industry Fairness (Security of Payment) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2020
This bill reforms Queensland's building industry payment protections and regulatory framework. It replaces Project Bank Accounts with a simplified statutory trust system to protect subcontractor payments, strengthens the QBCC's ability to address fraud, introduces a demerit point system for building certifiers, enhances oversight of architects and engineers, and preserves review rights for retirement village transition plans.
Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2023
This bill makes wide-ranging changes across more than 30 Queensland Acts covering the justice system, courts, the legal profession, elections, and criminal law. It introduces formal recognition of unborn children's deaths in criminal proceedings, reforms identification rules for defendants charged with sexual offences, strengthens oversight of Justices of the Peace, and modernises numerous administrative processes across Queensland's legal framework.