State Emergency Service Act 1989
17CLocal and unit commander deputies
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17C Local and unit commander deputies
17C Local and unit commander deputies
(1) A zone commander may, in consultation with a local commander in the relevant zone, appoint any person to act as a deputy to the local commander.
(2) A zone commander may, in consultation with a unit commander in the relevant zone, appoint any person to act as a deputy to the unit commander.
(3) An appointment made under subsection (1) or (2) may be revoked at any time and for any reason by the zone commander who made the appointment.
(4) The functions of a local commander or unit commander may be exercised by his or her deputy during any absence from duty of the local commander or unit commander.
s 17C: Ins 2005 No 88, Sch 1 [21]. Am 2018 No 59, Sch 4 [3] [5]–[7] .