130Preparation, tabling and publication of Implementation Plan

130 Preparation, tabling and publication of Implementation Plan (1) The Minister must prepare a plan (the ***Implementation Plan***) within 60 days of the commencing day. (2) The Implementation Plan must include, but is not limited to, priorities and proposed actions in relation to the following matters— (a) the adoption of procedures by Fire Rescue Victoria and the Country Fire Authority to enable them to have regard to the priorities set out in the Fire Services Statement in carrying out their functions; (b) the financial sustainability of Fire Rescue Victoria and the Country Fire Authority, including in relation to ensuring that volunteer brigades are not adversely affected by the fire services reforms; (c) improvements in the ability of Fire Rescue Victoria, the Country Fire Authority and other emergency agencies to work effectively across organisational boundaries; (d) the provision of operational and management support by Fire Rescue Victoria to the Country Fire Authority, and the effectiveness of this support in enabling the Country Fire Authority to meet the objectives set out in section 2 of the **Country Fire Authority Act 1958**; (e) improvements in staff training in relation to Fire Rescue Victoria and the Country Fire Authority. (3) The Implementation Plan must also— (a) include the development of a funding plan to determine the financial requirements of the Country Fire Authority and Fire Rescue Victoria, and identify and address the impact of— (i) transfers of functions, resources and assets between the Country Fire Authority and Fire Rescue Victoria; and (ii) the change to the Fire Rescue Victoria fire district upon the fire services property levy revenue base after the commencing day; and (iii) any changes to the differential rates of the fire services property levy after the commencing day; and (b) include the development of a long-term funding plan for the Country Fire Authority and Fire Rescue Victoria, which identifies and addresses the issues mentioned in subsection (3)(a)(i), (ii) and (iii) in respect of the period after the third anniversary of the commencing day. (4) The Minister may amend the Implementation Plan. (5) The Minister may consult Fire Rescue Victoria and the Country Fire Authority in preparing or amending the Implementation Plan. (6) The Minister must cause the Implementation Plan, and any amended Implementation Plan, to be laid before each House of the Parliament within 7 sitting days of that House after the Plan is prepared or amended, as the case requires. (7) The Minister must, as soon as reasonably practicable after the Implementation Plan or an amended Implementation Plan is laid before each House of the Parliament— (a) cause the Plan to be published in the Government Gazette; and (b) notify the Monitor, the Fire Rescue Commissioner and the Chief Officer of the Country Fire Authority that the Plan has been laid before each House of the Parliament and published in the Government Gazette. (8) After having been notified as mentioned in subsection (7)(b)— (a) the Fire Rescue Commissioner must cause a copy of the Plan to be published on the Internet site of Fire Rescue Victoria; and (b) the Chief Officer of the Country Fire Authority must cause a copy of the Plan to be published on the Internet site of the Country Fire Authority. S. 131 inserted by No. 20/2019 s. 85.