25CSecondment agreements

25C Secondment agreements (1) If Fire Rescue Victoria proposes to make one or more officers or employees of Fire Rescue Victoria available to the Country Fire Authority under a secondment agreement, the Chief Officer of the Country Fire Authority may agree to a particular officer or employee being made available under the secondment agreement if— (a) the Fire Rescue Commissioner, in consultation with the Chief Officer of the Country Fire Authority, has conducted an equitable, fair and transparent selection process covering the officers and employees proposed to be made available under the secondment agreement; and (b) the particular officer or employee participated in the equitable, fair and transparent selection process; and (c) the Chief Officer of the Country Fire Authority is satisfied that the officer or employee selected through that process is suitable to be made available. (2) If the Chief Officer of the Country Fire Authority is not satisfied that suitable officers or employees can be made available as a result of subsection (1), the Chief Officer of the Country Fire Authority may request Fire Rescue Victoria to conduct a further external equitable, fair and transparent selection process, in consultation with the Chief Officer of the Country Fire Authority. (3) A person cannot be engaged as an officer or employee of Fire Rescue Victoria as a result of a selection process carried out under subsection (2) unless the person meets the registration requirements (however described) specified by the Firefighters Registration Board. (4) If Fire Rescue Victoria proposes to make one or more officers or employees of Fire Rescue Victoria available to the Country Fire Authority under a secondment agreement— (a) the Chief Officer of the Country Fire Authority must agree to a particular officer or employee being made available under the secondment agreement if the officer or employee is a transferred employee (within the meaning of section 101 or 102) or a person transferred to the employment of Fire Rescue Victoria under section 103; and (b) to avoid doubt, an officer or employee referred to in paragraph (a) is not required to satisfy subsection (1)(a), (b) and (c). (5) The Chief Officer of the Country Fire Authority has the order and control of the work of an officer or employee of Fire Rescue Victoria who is made available to the Country Fire Authority under a secondment agreement. (6) The Chief Officer of the Country Fire Authority may terminate a secondment agreement that covers only one officer or employee if the Chief Officer of the Country Fire Authority has conducted an equitable, fair and transparent process to review the conduct of the officer or employee and, after conducting the process, is satisfied that such termination is appropriate. (7) If a secondment agreement covers more than one officer or employee, the Chief Officer of the Country Fire Authority may vary the secondment agreement so that it no longer covers a particular officer or employee, if the Chief Officer of the Country Fire Authority has conducted an equitable, fair and transparent process to review the conduct of the officer or employee and, after conducting the process, is satisfied that such termination is appropriate. (8) If a secondment agreement is terminated or varied, the officer or employee who is no longer covered by the secondment agreement remains an employee of Fire Rescue Victoria. (9) The Chief Officer of the Country Fire Authority may suspend an officer or employee covered by a secondment agreement if the Chief Officer of the Country Fire Authority has conducted an equitable, fair and transparent process to review the conduct of the officer or employee and, after conducting the process, is satisfied that such suspension is appropriate. (10) In this section— ***secondment agreement*** means an agreement between the Fire Rescue Commissioner and the Chief Officer of the Country Fire Authority under which one or more officers or employees of Fire Rescue Victoria are made available to the Country Fire Authority, whether on a full-time, part-time or other basis. Nos 3682 s. 31, 5040 s. 18. S. 26 amended by Nos 9928 s. 3, 10043 s. 7, 50/1989 s. 44(2), substituted by No. 24/1997 s. 26.