11Functions and powers of State Controller

11 Functions and powers of State Controller

(1)  The State Controller has the following functions:

(a) to assist and advise the Minister in relation to all matters with respect to emergency management;

(b) prior to, during or subsequent to the occurrence of an emergency, to –

(i) direct the use of resources for emergency management as he or she considers appropriate; and

(ii) ensure that his or her instructions and decisions and the instructions and decisions of the Premier, the Minister, a committee established under section 12 and the State Committee are transmitted to, and adequately carried out by, the bodies and other persons to whom they are directed or relate;

(c) if the State Controller considers that resources of the Commonwealth or of another State or a Territory are necessary for emergency management, to request those resources;

(d) other functions in respect of emergency management imposed by the Minister;

(e) other functions imposed by this or any other Act;

(f) prescribed functions.

(2)  The State Controller has the following powers:

(a) to impose functions on a Regional Committee or Regional Controller;

(b) to do all other things necessary or convenient to be done in connection with the performance of his or her functions.