Trade and Investment Queensland Act 2013

TIQ has the following functions—

to facilitate, encourage, promote, identify, attract and develop trade and investment opportunities;

to assist, directly or indirectly, entities in relation to trade and investment opportunities;

to promote, or participate in or coordinate projects to promote trade and investment opportunities;

to obtain, and make available to entities, information relating to existing or future trade and investment opportunities;

to conduct research into, and analysis of, trade and investment opportunities;

to work collaboratively with public sector units and other entities in relation to increasing trade and investment opportunities;

to develop and administer schemes in relation to export markets and foreign direct investment;

to facilitate access by persons to Commonwealth and State entities if that access is likely to enhance trade and investment opportunities;

to undertake trade missions for purposes in relation to TIQ’s functions;

to establish and administer offices in foreign countries for purposes in relation to TIQ’s functions;

to act outside Australia as agent for the State if requested by the Minister;

to advise the Minister about the functions mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (k);

to provide policy advice to the Minister in relation to trade and investment opportunities;

anything else likely to complement or enhance a function mentioned under this section;

to perform functions of the type to which paragraph (n) applies and given to TIQ in writing by the Minister;

any other function given to it under an Act.

In this section—

trade and investment opportunities means trade, investment and other commercial opportunities in Queensland and between Queensland and other States or foreign countries.