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State Emergency and Rescue Management Act 1989
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#### 20A State Emergency Recovery Controller and Deputy
20A State Emergency Recovery Controller and Deputy
> > (1) There is to be a State Emergency Recovery Controller and a Deputy State Emergency Recovery Controller.
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> > (2) The office of the State Emergency Recovery Controller is to be held by—
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> > > (a) the chief executive officer of the NSW Reconstruction Authority, unless a person is designated under paragraph (b), or
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> > > (b) either of the following designated by the chief executive officer of the NSW Reconstruction Authority—
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> > > > (i) a senior executive employed in the NSW Reconstruction Authority,
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> > > > (ii) a NSW Police Force senior executive.
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> > (3) The office of the Deputy State Emergency Recovery Controller is to be held by an employee of the NSW Reconstruction Authority designated by the chief executive officer of the NSW Reconstruction Authority.
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> > (4) If the State Emergency Recovery Controller is unavailable for any reason, the Deputy State Emergency Recovery Controller has, during the period of unavailability, all the functions of the State Emergency Recovery Controller.
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> > (5) In this section and section 20B—
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> > chief executive officer, of the NSW Reconstruction Authority, has the same meaning as in the [NSW Reconstruction Authority Act 2022](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2022-080).
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> > NSW Reconstruction Authority has the same meaning as in the [NSW Reconstruction Authority Act 2022](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2022-080).
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> **s 20A:** Ins 2009 No 38, Sch 1 \[8\]. Am 2010 No 46, Sch 2.3 \[2\]. Subst 2010 No 117, Sch 1 \[13\]. Am 2012 No 103, Sch 3 \[13\]. Subst 2015 No 15, Sch 1.25 \[5\]. Am 2016 No 27, Sch 1.27 \[1\] \[2\]; 2022 No 80, Sch 5.3\[1\] \[2\].