sec.58Validation provision for purported appointment of former SES member

### sec.58 Validation provision for purported appointment of former SES member This section applies if, before the relevant commencement, a person (the appointee ) was purportedly appointed as a member of the former SES under the Fire Services Act 1990 , former section 132. The Fire Services Act 1990 was previously titled the Fire and Emergency Services Act 1990 . Without limiting subsection (1), this section applies if the purported appointment was made by a person purporting to perform the delegated function of the QFES commissioner under the Fire Services Act 1990 , former section 132. The appointee is taken to have been validly appointed until— if the purported appointment had ended on a day before the relevant commencement—the end of that day; or if paragraph (a) does not apply—the relevant commencement. Anything done or omitted to be done by the appointee during the period of the purported appointment that would have been valid and lawful under the former Act had the appointee been validly appointed as a member of the former SES is taken to be, and always to have been, valid and lawful. In this section— former , in relation to a provision, means the provision as in force from time to time before the relevant commencement. former Act means the Fire Services Act 1990 as in force from time to time before the relevant commencement. former SES means the State Emergency Service established under the Fire Services Act 1990 , former section 129. QFES commissioner means the commissioner appointed under the Fire Services Act 1990 , former section 5. relevant commencement means the commencement of section 51. s 58 ins 2025 No. 11 s 23 (sec.58-ssec.1) This section applies if, before the relevant commencement, a person (the appointee ) was purportedly appointed as a member of the former SES under the Fire Services Act 1990 , former section 132. The Fire Services Act 1990 was previously titled the Fire and Emergency Services Act 1990 . (sec.58-ssec.2) Without limiting subsection (1), this section applies if the purported appointment was made by a person purporting to perform the delegated function of the QFES commissioner under the Fire Services Act 1990 , former section 132. (sec.58-ssec.3) The appointee is taken to have been validly appointed until— if the purported appointment had ended on a day before the relevant commencement—the end of that day; or if paragraph (a) does not apply—the relevant commencement. (sec.58-ssec.4) Anything done or omitted to be done by the appointee during the period of the purported appointment that would have been valid and lawful under the former Act had the appointee been validly appointed as a member of the former SES is taken to be, and always to have been, valid and lawful. (sec.58-ssec.5) In this section— former , in relation to a provision, means the provision as in force from time to time before the relevant commencement. former Act means the Fire Services Act 1990 as in force from time to time before the relevant commencement. former SES means the State Emergency Service established under the Fire Services Act 1990 , former section 129. QFES commissioner means the commissioner appointed under the Fire Services Act 1990 , former section 5. relevant commencement means the commencement of section 51. - (a) if the purported appointment had ended on a day before the relevant commencement—the end of that day; or - (b) if paragraph (a) does not apply—the relevant commencement.