This instrument is the Norfolk Island (Service Delivery (Queensland) (Work Experience)) Rules 2022.

(1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Commencement information
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Provisions	Commencement	Date/Details
1. The whole of this instrument	The day after this instrument is registered.

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3 Authority

This instrument is made under subsection 7(2) of the Norfolk Island Applied Laws and Service Delivery (Queensland) Ordinance 2021.

Note 1: This instrument is a service delivery rule for the purposes of the Norfolk Island Applied Laws and Service Delivery (Queensland) Ordinance 2021 (see section 5 of that Act, definition of service delivery rule).

Note 2: The Interpretation Act 1979 (NI) does not apply to this instrument (see section 6 of the Norfolk Island Applied Laws and Service Delivery (Queensland) Ordinance 2021). The Acts Interpretation Act 1901 applies instead because this instrument is a legislative instrument (see subsection 13(1) of the Legislation Act 2003).

4 Adoption of Education (Work Experience) Act 1996 (Qld) as a law of the Territory

(1) The provisions of the Education (Work Experience) Act 1996 (Qld) and legislation made under that Act, as in force from time to time, are in force in the Territory, with the modifications set out in Schedule 1 to this instrument, until the end of 31 December 2026.

Note 1: The operation of the Education (Work Experience) Act 1996 (Qld), and any legislation made under it, would, but for subsection 4(1) of this instrument, be suspended in the Territory until the end of 31 December 2026 (see Schedule 1 to the Norfolk Island Applied Laws and Service Delivery (Queensland) Ordinance 2021).

Note 2: The Acts Interpretation Act 1954 (Qld) and the Statutory Instruments Act 1992 (Qld), as they apply in the Territory from time to time, apply to the provisions of the Education (Work Experience) Act 1996 (Qld) and legislation made under that Act as adopted, with modifications, by this instrument (see section 6 of the Norfolk Island Applied Law and Delivery (Queensland) Ordinance 2021).

(2) Subsection (1) applies to a provision of a law made under the Education (Work Experience) Act 1996 (Qld) only if the provision is subject to disallowance in Queensland.

(3) This instrument does not apply, adopt or incorporate a provision of the law of Queensland so far as the provision is in force in Norfolk Island apart from this instrument.

Note: On and after 1 January 2027 the provisions of the Education (Work Experience) Act 1996 (Qld), and any legislation made under it, so far as they are in force in the Territory in accordance with section 18A of the Norfolk Island Act 1979 will apply in the Territory.

5 Repeal of this instrument

This instrument is repealed at the start of 1 January 2027.

Schedule 1—Modifications

Education (Work Experience) Act 1996 (Qld)

1 Modification of section 4

Section 4 is modified by inserting the following after subsection (2):

(2A) To avoid doubt, the premises and places in which a student may be provided with work experience under a work experience arrangement include premises and places outside Norfolk Island.

2 Modification of section 5

Section 5 is modified by omitting everything after “educational establishment” and substituting “is, for a student enrolled in a State school, the school.”.

3 Modification of subsection 8(2)

Subsection 8(2) is modified by omitting the definition of responsible body and substituting the following:

responsible body means the chief executive (education).

4 Modification of subsection 9(3)

Subsection 9(3) is modified by omitting it and substituting the following:

(3) A contract of insurance referred to in subsection (1) may be entered into by the insuring body with the Queensland Government Insurance Fund (QGIF).

(4) To avoid doubt, the contract of insurance may indemnify the student and the work experience provider against liability for personal injury or property damage suffered by the student, the work experience provider or another person arising out of work experience provided outside Norfolk Island.

(5) In this section:

insuring body means the chief executive (education).

5 Modification of Schedule (dictionary)

The dictionary in the Schedule is modified by omitting the following definitions:

enrolled in an educational establishment;

home education;

home education place;

law;

non-State school.