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Public Safety Preservation Act 1986
sec.17Coordination responsibility
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### sec.17 Coordination responsibility
On the declaration of a CBR emergency, the CBRE commander is responsible for the overall management and control of emergency responders responding to the emergency.
For coordinating the response by emergency responders to the CBR emergency, the CBRE commander may give directions about the circumstances in which powers available to emergency responders only under this Act may be exercised.
A direction given under subsection (2) —
may be general or limited to a particular class of emergency responder; and
may be given on conditions.
s 17 ins 2003 No. 46 s 13
amd 2007 No. 34 s 7 sch
(sec.17-ssec.1) On the declaration of a CBR emergency, the CBRE commander is responsible for the overall management and control of emergency responders responding to the emergency.
(sec.17-ssec.2) For coordinating the response by emergency responders to the CBR emergency, the CBRE commander may give directions about the circumstances in which powers available to emergency responders only under this Act may be exercised.
(sec.17-ssec.3) A direction given under subsection (2) — may be general or limited to a particular class of emergency responder; and may be given on conditions.
- (a) may be general or limited to a particular class of emergency responder; and
- (b) may be given on conditions.