Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) The Minister may give the authority a written direction about material containing intellectual property held by the authority.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the direction may be about any of the following—
(a) the granting of a licence to the State;
(b) the conditions on which a licence is to be granted to the State including a condition that no fee is payable by the State for the licence;
(c) that a licence not be granted to an entity other than the State;
(d) the receipt or payment of monies.
(3) A direction under subsection (1) may also—
(a) require the authority to give the Minister notice if the authority intends entering into an agreement with another entity in relation to the material; and
(b) state the type of agreement about which the Minister is to be given notice; and
(c) require the notice to be given to the Minister a stated period of time before the authority intends entering the agreement.
(4) The authority must comply with the direction.
(5) In the authority's annual report for a financial year, the authority must include copies of all directions given to it under this section in the financial year.
(6) In this section—
licence means a licence to deal with material containing intellectual property held by the authority.
material containing intellectual property includes material in existence before the commencement of this section.