25BEmployees of Fire Rescue Victoria

25B Employees of Fire Rescue Victoria S. 25B(1) amended by No. 20/2019 s. 50(1). (1) Fire Rescue Victoria may from time to time— (a) employ any persons that it considers necessary to assist it in carrying out its functions under this Act or any other Act; and (b) transfer, promote, suspend or remove any employee. (2) Every appointment or promotion of a member of the operational staff is to be on 3 months' probation. S. 25B(3) inserted by No. 20/2019 s. 50(2). (3) Fire Rescue Victoria may enter into a secondment agreement (within the meaning of section 25C(10)) with the Country Fire Authority under which officers or employees of Fire Rescue Victoria are made available (whether on a full-time, part-time or other basis) to the Country Fire Authority. S. 25B(4) inserted by No. 20/2019 s. 50(2). (4) Despite anything in this Act or any other Act, an officer or employee made available to the Country Fire Authority under a secondment agreement (within the meaning of section 25C(10)) remains an officer or employee of Fire Rescue Victoria and is not an officer or employee of the Country Fire Authority. S. 25B(5) inserted by No. 20/2019 s. 50(2). (5) Nothing in this section or the **Country Fire Authority Act 1958**— (a) empowers the Country Fire Authority, under section 17 of the **Country Fire Authority Act 1958**, to exercise a power in respect of an officer or employee made available (whether on a full-time, part-time or other basis) to the Country Fire Authority under subsection (3); or (b) imposes a duty upon the Country Fire Authority, under section 18 or 19 of the **Country Fire Authority Act 1958**, in respect of an officer or employee made available (whether on a full-time, part‑time or other basis) to the Country Fire Authority under subsection (3). S. 25C inserted by No. 20/2019 s. 51.