17Senior fire control officers

17 Senior fire control officers (1) The Minister may, by Gazette notice, appoint a person to be a senior fire control officer. (2) The function of a senior fire control officer is to assist the chief fire control officer in the exercise and performance of the powers and functions of chief fire control officer. (3) A senior fire control officer has the powers necessary to perform the function mentioned in subsection (2). (4) Without limiting subsection (3), a senior fire control officer has all the powers of a fire control officer under this Act.