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State Emergency and Rescue Management Act 1989
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#### 14 State Emergency Management Committee
14 State Emergency Management Committee
> > (1) There is established by this Act a State Emergency Management Committee.
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> > (2) The Committee is to consist of—
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> > > (a) the State Emergency Operations Controller, and
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> > > (a1) the State Emergency Recovery Controller, and
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> > > (a2) the chief executive of the Ambulance Service of NSW, and
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> > > (a3) the Commissioner of Fire and Rescue NSW, and
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> > > (a4) the Commissioner of Police, and
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> > > (a5) the Commissioner of the NSW Rural Fire Service, and
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> > > (a6) the Commissioner of the State Emergency Service, and
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> > > (b) representatives of such relevant government and non-government agencies as the Minister may from time to time determine, and
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> > > (c) such other persons as may be nominated by the Minister from time to time.
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> > (2A) One of the members of the Committee is to be appointed by the Minister as the Chairperson of the Committee.
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> > (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.
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> > (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.
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> > (5) Schedule 2 has effect with respect to the members and procedure of the State Emergency Management Committee.
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> **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 \[8\].