Queensland Consolidated Acts

DISABILITY SERVICES ACT 2006 - SECT 107

(1) This section applies if the holder of a positive notice or positive exemption notice does any of the following (each of which is a relevant change)—

(a) changes a name the holder has previously given to the chief executive;

(b) starts to use a different name to the name or names the holder has previously given to the chief executive;

(c) changes contact details previously given to the chief executive.

(2) The holder must give notice, in the approved form, to the chief executive about the relevant change within 14 days after the relevant change.

Maximum penalty—10 penalty units.

(3) If the chief executive considers it is appropriate to do so, the chief executive may issue to the holder—

(a) for the holder of a positive notice—a replacement positive notice and, if the holder also has a positive notice card, a replacement positive notice card; or

(b) for the holder of a positive exemption notice—a replacement positive exemption notice.

(4) If the chief executive issues the holder a replacement positive notice, positive notice card or positive exemption notice, the holder must return the replaced notice or card to the chief executive within 14 days after receiving the replacement notice or card.

Maximum penalty—10 penalty units.

(5) The chief executive must cancel the previously held positive notice, positive notice card or positive exemption notice if the chief executive has issued a replacement notice or card.