Powers of Attorney Act 1998
LegislationReferenced in 13 bills
Health and Other Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2023
This bill makes a wide range of health reforms to improve patient safety and expand access to healthcare. Key changes include allowing nurses and midwives to provide early medical terminations of pregnancy, counting babies as separate patients for midwife staffing ratios, requiring disclosure of serious patient safety risks identified by quality committees, and allowing Mental Health Court documents to be used in criminal proceedings.
Making Queensland Safer Bill 2024
This bill implements the Government's 'adult crime, adult time' policy, allowing children who commit serious offences to receive the same sentences as adults, including mandatory life imprisonment for murder. It removes the principle that detention should be a last resort for young offenders and requires courts to give primary consideration to victims when sentencing. The changes also open up Childrens Court proceedings to victims and media.
Public Trustee (Advisory and Monitoring Board) Amendment Bill 2021
This bill creates an independent advisory and monitoring board to oversee the Public Trustee of Queensland. It responds to a 2021 review that found the Public Trustee needed greater transparency and accountability in how it manages the financial affairs of vulnerable Queenslanders, particularly people with impaired decision-making capacity.
Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2021
This bill establishes a voluntary assisted dying scheme in Queensland, allowing people with a terminal illness expected to cause death within 12 months to legally end their lives with medical assistance. It implements 197 recommendations from the Queensland Law Reform Commission, creating a framework with strict eligibility requirements, a staged assessment process, and strong safeguards.
Property Law Bill 2023
This bill replaces Queensland's 50-year-old Property Law Act with modernised legislation that makes property transactions clearer and safer. It introduces a mandatory seller disclosure scheme so buyers receive standardised information before signing contracts, supports electronic conveyancing, and protects parties when settlement is disrupted by emergencies or system failures.
Trusts Bill 2024
This bill would replace Queensland's 50-year-old trusts legislation with a modernised law based on a Queensland Law Reform Commission review. It clarifies the powers and duties of trustees, makes it easier to replace trustees who die or lose capacity, and provides cheaper options for resolving trust disputes. The bill lapsed and did not become law when the 57th Parliament ended.
Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Bill 2022
This bill modernises Queensland's birth, death and marriage registration system with significant reforms for trans and gender diverse people. It removes the requirement for surgery to change sex on a birth certificate, instead allowing people 16 and over to self-declare their sex with a supporting statement. It also recognises contemporary family structures by allowing same-sex parents to both be recorded as 'mother' or both as 'father'.
Trusts Bill 2025
This bill replaces Queensland's 50-year-old trust law with modern legislation. It clarifies the powers and duties of trustees, makes it easier to replace trustees who die or become incapacitated, and gives beneficiaries clearer rights to see how their trust is being managed.
Meriba Omasker Kaziw Kazipa (Torres Strait Islander Traditional Child Rearing Practice) Bill 2020
This bill creates Australia's first legal framework to recognise Torres Strait Islander traditional child rearing practice (Ailan Kastom), where children are raised by cultural parents within extended family networks. It allows families to apply for cultural recognition orders that transfer legal parentage from birth parents to cultural parents, reflected on new birth certificates.
Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2021
This bill makes permanent several temporary COVID-19 measures across multiple areas of law. It modernises how Queenslanders can sign and witness important legal documents using electronic signatures and video links, improves access to domestic violence protection orders, and allows licensed restaurants to permanently offer takeaway wine with meals.
Guardianship and Administration and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2018
This bill modernises Queensland's guardianship laws to better protect adults who cannot make their own decisions due to illness, disability or age. It strengthens safeguards against abuse by attorneys and administrators, aligns the system with international human rights standards, and improves accountability when things go wrong. The bill also makes separate changes to integrity advice for public servants and corruption reporting by government corporations.
Health Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 3) 2025
This bill makes wide-ranging changes to eight Queensland health laws. The main reforms include strengthening oversight of IVF clinics while adding flexibility for families facing hardship, allowing the government to remove health board members more easily, requiring cosmetic surgery facilities to meet new national safety standards, and creating a legal framework to maximise organ donation opportunities.
Information Privacy and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2023
This bill strengthens how Queensland government agencies protect and handle personal information. It requires agencies to notify people when data breaches occur, creates consistent privacy principles across government, and gives the Information Commissioner stronger powers to investigate privacy issues. It also streamlines how people can access and correct their personal information held by government.