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State Emergency and Rescue Management Act 1989
51Emergency services organisations to notify police of rescue incidents
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#### 51 Emergency services organisations to notify police of rescue incidents
51 Emergency services organisations to notify police of rescue incidents
> > (1) An emergency services organisation other than the NSW Police Force must, immediately after the organisation becomes aware of an incident that requires or is likely to require the rescue of any person, notify a member of the NSW Police Force of all relevant information concerning the incident.
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> > (2) This section does not apply—
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> > > (a) if the organisation is aware that the incident has already been notified to a member of the NSW Police Force, or
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> > > (b) to Surf Life Saving New South Wales in relation to an incident that only requires, or is likely to only require, surf life-saving.
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> **s 51:** Am 2005 No 80, Sch 1 \[7\]; 2006 No 94, Sch 3.33 \[3\]. Subst 2010 No 117, Sch 1 \[19\]; 2013 No 62, Sch 1 \[4\]. Am 2018 No 59, Sch 1 \[15\].