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16 Chief fire control officer
(1) The Minister may, by Gazette notice, appoint a public sector
employee to be the chief fire control officer.
(2) Subject to the direction and control of the executive director, the
chief fire control officer is responsible for managing the operational
activities of Bushfires NT and the volunteer bushfire brigades.
(3) The chief fire control officer has the powers necessary to perform
the chief fire control officer's functions.
(4) The executive director:
(a) has, and may exercise, all the powers of the chief fire control
officer; and
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(b) may perform any of the functions of the chief fire control
officer.
(5) The chief fire control officer may delegate any of the chief fire
control officer's powers and functions under this Act to a public
sector employee.
(6) Without limiting subsection (3), the chief fire control officer has all
the powers of a fire control officer under this Act.