Emergency Management Act 2006
23Municipal Emergency Management Coordinators and Deputies
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23 Municipal Emergency Management Coordinators and Deputies
(1) The Minister is to appoint a Municipal Emergency Management Coordinator and a Deputy Municipal Emergency Management Coordinator for each municipal area.
(2) The Minister is to appoint as Municipal Emergency Management Coordinator, or Deputy Municipal Emergency Management Coordinator, for a municipal area a person nominated by the council in that municipal area.
(3) Each Municipal Coordinator and Deputy Municipal Coordinator may hold that office in conjunction with any other appointment, position or office.
(4) Each Municipal Coordinator and Deputy Municipal Coordinator holds office for the period, and on the terms and conditions, specified in his or her instrument of appointment.
(5) A Deputy Municipal Coordinator for a municipal area may act in the office of Municipal Coordinator if –
(a) the Municipal Coordinator is absent from Tasmania or from duty as Municipal Coordinator; or
(b) the Municipal Coordinator is otherwise unable to perform the functions of the office of Municipal Emergency Management Coordinator; or
(c) the Municipal Coordinator has died, resigned or been removed from office and a new Municipal Coordinator has not been appointed.
(6) While the Deputy Municipal Coordinator is acting in the office of Municipal Emergency Management Coordinator, he or she is taken to be the Municipal Coordinator.
(7) The Minister, by written notice provided to a council, may require the council to nominate persons for the positions of Municipal Emergency Management Coordinator and Deputy Municipal Emergency Management Coordinator by providing that nomination to the Minister within the time specified in the notice.
(8) A council may only nominate a person for the position of Municipal Emergency Management Coordinator or Deputy Municipal Emergency Management Coordinator if the person, once appointed to the position, would have the authority and ability to make decisions relating to the coordination of emergency management in the municipal area during an emergency without first seeking the approval of the council.
(9) On receipt of the nomination, the State Controller is to provide the nomination, together with his or her recommendations, to the Minister.