Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies if an employee of a railway manager or railway operator that is a GOC, or a wholly owned subsidiary of a GOC, becomes a transit officer under section 111(3)(b).
(2) Subject to subsections (3) and (4), the Public Sector Ethics Act 1994 applies to the railway manager or railway operator in relation to the employee as if—
(a) the railway manager or railway operator were a public sector entity; and
(b) the chief executive officer of the railway manager or railway operator were—
(i) the chief executive officer of the public sector entity; and
(ii) the responsible authority for the public sector entity; and
(c) a prescribed person for the railway manager or railway operator were a public official.
(3) The Public Sector Ethics Act 1994 applies to a railway operator or railway manager, and prescribed persons for the railway manager or railway operator, only in relation to a prescribed person's duties relating to the performance of a function or exercise of a power by the employee as a transit officer under this Act.
(4) Without limiting subsection (3)—
(a) the ethics values under the Public Sector Ethics Act 1994, part 3 apply to a prescribed person only in relation to the person's duties relating to a transit officer performing a function or exercising a power under this Act; and
(b) the requirement to prepare a code of conduct under the Public Sector Ethics Act 1994, part 4 is a requirement to prepare a code of conduct only for a prescribed person's duties relating to a transit officer performing a function or exercising a power under this Act.