State Emergency and Rescue Management Act 1989
50Police to co-ordinate rescue operation
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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.
(2) (Repealed)
(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—
(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
(b) a rescue operation which results from an emergency and which is subject to the control of another agency in accordance with Part 2.
(4) This section applies despite anything to the contrary in any other Act.
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].