14State Emergency Management Committee

14 State Emergency Management Committee

14 State Emergency Management Committee

(1) There is established by this Act a State Emergency Management Committee.

(2) The Committee is to consist of—

(a) the State Emergency Operations Controller, and

(a1) the State Emergency Recovery Controller, and

(a2) the chief executive of the Ambulance Service of NSW, and

(a3) the Commissioner of Fire and Rescue NSW, and

(a4) the Commissioner of Police, and

(a5) the Commissioner of the NSW Rural Fire Service, and

(a6) the Commissioner of the State Emergency Service, and

(b) representatives of such relevant government and non-government agencies as the Minister may from time to time determine, and

(c) such other persons as may be nominated by the Minister from time to time.

(2A) One of the members of the Committee is to be appointed by the Minister as the Chairperson of the Committee.

(3) The representative of a non-government agency is to be nominated by the Minister and the representative of a government agency is to be nominated by the Minister responsible for the agency.

(4) The persons so nominated are to be persons who have authority to plan and commit their agencies’ resources in relation to the response and recovery stages of an emergency.

(5) Schedule 2 has effect with respect to the members and procedure of the State Emergency Management Committee.

s 14: Am 1995 No 91, Sch 1 [5] [6]; 2009 No 38, Sch 1 [6]; 2010 No 117, Sch 1 [7] [8]; 2012 No 103, Sch 3 [14]; 2018 No 59, Sch 1 [8].