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State Emergency and Rescue Management Act 1989
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#### 50 Police to co-ordinate rescue operation
50 Police to co-ordinate rescue operation
> > (1) The NSW Police Force is responsible for co-ordinating rescue operations and for determining the priorities of action to be taken in rescue operations.
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> > (2) (Repealed)
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> > (3) This section does not apply to a rescue operation if the control of the rescue operation is vested by law in another agency, such as—
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> > > (a) a rescue operation in which the person or property is endangered by fire and at which a member of a Fire Brigade is in charge, or
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> > > (b) a rescue operation which results from an emergency and which is subject to the control of another agency in accordance with Part 2.
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> > (4) This section applies despite anything to the contrary in any other Act.
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> **s 50:** Am 1990 No 16, Sch 2; 1990 No 48, Sch 1; 2010 No 117, Sch 1 \[18\]; 2013 No 62, Sch 1 \[2\] \[3\].