State Emergency Service Act 1989
17AUnit commanders
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17A Unit commanders
17A Unit commanders
(1) The Commissioner may appoint any person as the unit commander for an SES unit and may revoke the appointment at any time and for any reason.
(2) A unit commander is, subject to any direction of the Commissioner, the relevant zone commander or the relevant local commander, responsible for the control and co-ordination of the activities of the unit.
(3) In the case of a local government area for which there is only one SES unit, the unit commander for that unit is taken to be the local commander unless a local commander is appointed under section 17 (1).
s 17A: Ins 2005 No 88, Sch 1 [21]. Am 2018 No 59, Sch 4 [3] [6] [7].