18State Emergency Operations Controller and Deputy

18 State Emergency Operations Controller and Deputy

18 State Emergency Operations Controller and Deputy

(1) There is to be a State Emergency Operations Controller and a Deputy State Emergency Operations Controller.

(2) The office of the State Emergency Operations Controller is to be held by—

(a) the Commissioner of Police, or

(b) if the Governor, on the recommendation of the Minister, designates a position in the NSW Police Force Senior Executive Service as the position of State Emergency Operations Controller—the person for the time being holding or acting in that position.

(3) The office of the Deputy State Emergency Operations Controller is to be held by the person for the time being holding or acting in a position in the NSW Police Force Senior Executive Service that is designated by the Governor, on the recommendation of the Minister, as the position of Deputy State Emergency Operations Controller.

(4) The Minister is to consult with the Minister for Police before making a recommendation under subsection (2) or (3).

(5) During the absence or a vacancy in the office of the State Emergency Operations Controller, the Deputy State Emergency Operations Controller has all the functions of the State Emergency Operations Controller.

s 18: Am 1990 No 108, Sch 1; 1995 No 91, Sch 1 [7]–[10]; 2005 No 80, Sch 1 [2]; 2006 No 94, Sch 3.33 [3]. Subst 2010 No 117, Sch 1 [11].