STATE EMERGENCY AND RESCUE MANAGEMENT ACT 1989

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STATE EMERGENCY AND RESCUE MANAGEMENT ACT 1989 - NOTES

- As at 14 April 2008 - Act 165 of 1989

Does not include amendments by:

Miscellaneous Acts (Local Court) Amendment Act 2007 No 94 (not commenced)

Reprint history:

Reprint No 126 August 1991
Reprint No 226 October 1994
Reprint No 37 July 1998
Reprint No 416 October 2001
Reprint No 53 January 2007

Historical notes

The following abbreviations are used in the Historical notes:

Am	amended	No	number	Schs	Schedules
Cl	clause	p	page	Sec	section
Cll	clauses	pp	pages	Secs	sections
Div	Division	Reg	Regulation	Subdiv	Subdivision
Divs	Divisions	Regs	Regulations	Subdivs	Subdivisions
GG	Government Gazette	Rep	repealed	Subst	substituted
Ins	inserted	Sch	Schedule

Table of amending instruments

State Emergency and Rescue Management Act 1989 No 165. Assented to 14.12.1989. Date of commencement, secs 10-17, 19-41 and Sch 2 excepted, 12.2.1990, sec 2 and GG No 21 of 9.2.1990, p 1054; date of commencement of secs 10-17 and 19-32 and Sch 2, 1.12.1990, sec 2 and GG No 152 of 23.11.1990, p 10128; date of commencement of secs 33-41, 3.8.1990, sec 2 and GG No 97 of 3.8.1990, p 7103. This Act has been amended as follows:

1989	No 164	State Emergency Service Act 1989. Assented to 14.12.1989. Date of commencement, 3.8.1990, sec 2 and GG No 97 of 3.8.1990, p 7102.
1990	No 16	Ambulance Services Act 1990. Assented to 14.6.1990. Date of commencement, 1.7.1990, sec 2 and GG No 82 of 29.6.1990, p 5379.
	No 48	Police and Superannuation Legislation (Amendment) Act 1990. Assented to 26.6.1990. Date of commencement, 1.7.1990, sec 2 and GG No 82 of 29.6.1990, p 5409. Amended by Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1991 No 94. Assented to 17.12.1991. Date of commencement of the provision of Sch 2 relating to the Police and Superannuation Legislation (Amendment) Act 1990, 1.7.1990, Sch 2.
	No 108	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1990. Assented to 13.12.1990. Date of commencement of the provisions of Sch 1 relating to the State Emergency and Rescue Management Act 1989, assent, sec 2.
1991	No 94	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1991. Assented to 17.12.1991. Date of commencement of the provisions of Sch 2 relating to the State Emergency and Rescue Management Act 1989, assent, Sch 2.
1994	No 13	Mines Rescue Act 1994. Assented to 10.5.1994. Date of commencement, 8.7.1994, sec 2 and GG No 90 of 8.7.1994, p 3463.
	No 23	State Emergency and Rescue Management (Amendment) Act 1994. Assented to 30.5.1994. Date of commencement, 20.6.1994, sec 2 and GG No 80 of 17.6.1994, p 2916.
1995	No 11	Statute Law Revision (Local Government) Act 1995. Assented to 9.6.1995. Date of commencement of Sch 1.121, 23.6.1995, sec 2 (1) and GG No 77 of 23.6.1995, p 3279.
	No 13	Ports Corporatisation and Waterways Management Act 1995. Assented to 15.6.1995. Date of commencement, 1.7.1995, sec 2 and GG No 79 of 30.6.1995, p 3435.
	No 91	State Emergency Legislation Amendment Act 1995. Assented to 21.12.1995. Date of commencement, 23.2.1996, sec 2 and GG No 20 of 16.2.1996, p 589.
1996	No 30	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1996. Assented to 21.6.1996. Date of commencement of Sch 2, assent, sec 2 (1).
	No 89	Emergency Legislation Amendment (Offences) Act 1996. Assented to 25.11.1996. Date of commencement, 20.12.1996, sec 2 and GG No 150 of 20.12.1996, p 8524.
	No 121	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1996. Assented to 3.12.1996. Date of commencement of Sch 4.48, 4 months after assent, sec 2 (4).
1997	No 65	Rural Fires Act 1997. Assented to 10.7.1997. Date of commencement, 1.9.1997, sec 2 and GG No 95 of 29.8.1997, p 6644.
	No 147	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1997. Assented to 17.12.1997. Date of commencement of Sch 1.24, 6.2.1998, Sch 1.24 and GG No 22 of 6.2.1998, p 523.
1999	No 94	Crimes Legislation Amendment (Sentencing) Act 1999. Assented to 8.12.1999. Date of commencement of sec 7 and Sch 5, 1.1.2000, sec 2 (1) and GG No 144 of 24.12.1999, p 12184.
2000	No 32	State Emergency and Rescue Management Amendment Act 2000. Assented to 14.6.2000. Date of commencement, 1.7.2000, sec 2 and GG No 81 of 30.6.2000, p 5358.
2002	No 92	Civil Liability Amendment (Personal Responsibility) Act 2002. Assented to 28.11.2002. Date of commencement of Sch 4.9, 6.12.2002, sec 2 and GG No 249 of 6.12.2002, p 10529.
	No 115	Terrorism (Police Powers) Act 2002. Assented to 5.12.2002. Date of commencement, 13.12.2002, sec 2 and GG No 255 of 13.12.2002, p 10562.
2004	No 48	Crimes Legislation Amendment (Terrorism) Act 2004. Assented to 6.7.2004. Date of commencement of Sch 4, assent, sec 2 (1).
2005	No 80	State Emergency and Rescue Management Amendment Act 2005. Assented to 26.10.2005. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
	No 88	State Emergency Service Amendment Act 2005. Assented to 17.11.2005. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
2006	No 58	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006. Assented to 20.6.2006. Date of commencement of Sch 2.54, assent, sec 2 (2).
	No 84	Ports Corporatisation and Waterways Management Amendment Act 2006. Assented to 30.10.2006. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
	No 94	Police Amendment (Miscellaneous) Act 2006. Assented to 22.11.2006. Date of commencement of Sch 3.33, 1.2.2007, sec 2 and GG No 22 of 1.2.2007, p 575.
	No 120	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2006. Assented to 4.12.2006. Date of commencement of Sch 2, assent, sec 2 (2).
2008	No 8	State Emergency and Rescue Management Amendment (Botany Emergency Works) Act 2008. Assented to 14.4.2008. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.

Table of amendments

Sec 3	Am 1989 No 164, sec 34; 1990 No 48, Sch 1 (am 1991 No 94, Sch 2); 1995 No 11, Sch 1.121; 1995 No 91, Sch 1 [1] [2]; 1997 No 65, Sch 4.24 [1]; 2000 No 32, Sch 1 [1]-[3]; 2005 No 80, Sch 1 [1]; 2006 No 94, Sch 3.33 [1] [2].
Sec 4	Am 2000 No 32, Sch 1 [4] [5]; 2004 No 48, Sch 4.
Sec 10	Am 1995 No 91, Sch 1 [4].
Sec 11	Am 2000 No 32, Sch 1 [6].
Sec 12	Am 2000 No 32, Sch 1 [7].
Sec 13	Subst 2000 No 32, Sch 1 [8].
Sec 14	Am 1995 No 91, Sch 1 [5] [6].
Sec 18	Am 1990 No 108, Sch 1; 1995 No 91, Sch 1 [7]-[10]; 2005 No 80, Sch 1 [2]; 2006 No 94, Sch 3.33 [3].
Sec 19	Am 2000 No 32, Sch 1 [9].
Sec 20	Am 1995 No 91, Sch 1 [11].
Sec 21	Am 2000 No 32, Sch 1 [10].
Sec 22	Am 2000 No 32, Sch 1 [11]-[14].
Sec 24	Subst 1995 No 91, Sch 1 [12]. Am 1997 No 147, Sch 1.24 [1]; 2005 No 80, Sch 1 [3].
Sec 25	Am 2000 No 32, Sch 1 [15].
Sec 26	Am 1995 No 91, Sch 1 [13] [14]; 2005 No 80, Sch 1 [4]; 2006 No 94, Sch 3.33 [4].
Sec 28	Am 1995 No 91, Sch 1 [15]; 2000 No 32, Sch 1 [16] [17].
Sec 30	Subst 1995 No 91, Sch 1 [16]; 1997 No 147, Sch 1.24 [2]. Am 2005 No 80, Sch 1 [5].
Sec 31	Am 2000 No 32, Sch 1 [18].
Sec 32A	Ins 1995 No 91, Sch 1 [17]. Am 1997 No 65, Sch 4.24 [2]; 2005 No 88, Sch 2.
Sec 37	Am 1995 No 91, Sch 1 [18].
Sec 37A	Ins 1995 No 91, Sch 1 [19]. Am 2000 No 32, Sch 1 [19].
Secs 37B-37F	Ins 1995 No 91, Sch 1 [19].
Sec 40	Am 1996 No 89, Sch 1.3 [1].
Sec 43	Am 1990 No 48, Sch 1; 1990 No 108, Sch 1; 1995 No 91, Sch 1 [20]-[27]; 1997 No 65, Sch 4.24 [3]; 2005 No 80, Sch 1 [6]; 2006 No 94, Sch 3.33 [5].
Sec 46	Rep 2000 No 32, Sch 1 [20].
Sec 47	Subst 2000 No 32, Sch 1 [21].
Sec 48	Am 2000 No 32, Sch 1 [22]-[29].
Sec 48A	Ins 2000 No 32, Sch 1 [30].
Sec 49A	Ins 2000 No 32, Sch 1 [31].
Sec 50	Am 1990 No 16, Sch 2; 1990 No 48, Sch 1.
Sec 51	Am 2005 No 80, Sch 1 [7]; 2006 No 94, Sch 3.33 [3].
Sec 52	Am 1995 No 91, Sch 1 [28] [29].
Sec 53	Am 1990 No 48, Sch 1; 1994 No 13, Sch 4; 1995 No 13, Sch 4.30; 1995 No 91, Sch 1 [30]; 2005 No 80, Sch 1 [8]; 2006 No 58, Sch 2.54; 2006 No 84, Sch 2.15; 2006 No 94, Sch 3.33 [6].
Sec 54	Am 1991 No 94, Sch 2.
Sec 59	Subst 2002 No 92, Sch 4.9.
Part 3A	Ins 1994 No 23, Sch 1 (1).
Sec 60A	Ins 1994 No 23, Sch 1 (1). Am 1996 No 121, Sch 4.48.
Secs 60B-60E	Ins 1994 No 23, Sch 1 (1).
Sec 60F	Ins 1994 No 23, Sch 1 (1). Am 2006 No 120, Sch 2.86.
Secs 60G-60K	Ins 1994 No 23, Sch 1 (1).
Sec 60KA	Ins 1995 No 91, Sch 1 [31].
Sec 60L (previously sec 60A)	Ins 1990 No 48, Sch 1. Renumbered 1994 No 23, Sch 1 (2). Am 1995 No 91, Sch 1 [32]; 2002 No 115, Sch 2 [1] [2].
Sec 61	Rep 1995 No 91, Sch 1 [33]. Ins 1995 No 91, Sch 1 [34]. Am 2000 No 32, Sch 1 [32]; 2002 No 115, Sch 2 [3] [4].
Secs 61A-61E	Ins 1995 No 91, Sch 1 [34].
Sec 62	Am 1991 No 94, Sch 2.
Sec 62A	Ins 1995 No 91, Sch 1 [35]. Am 2000 No 32, Sch 1 [33].
Sec 62B	Ins 1996 No 89, Sch 1.3 [2].
Sec 63A	Ins 2000 No 32, Sch 1 [34].
Sec 63B	Ins 2005 No 80, Sch 1 [9]. Am 2006 No 94, Sch 3.33 [7] [8].
Sec 69	Rep 1990 No 108, Sch 1.
Sch 1	Am 1995 No 91, Sch 1 [36]; 1996 No 30, Sch 2.26; 1999 No 94, sec 7 (2) and Sch 5, Part 2.
Sch 3	Am 1995 No 91, Sch 1 [37].
Sch 4	Am 1994 No 23, Sch 1 (3); 1995 No 91, Sch 1 [38] [39]; 2000 No 32, Sch 1 [35] [36]; 2008 No 8, Sch 1 [1] [2].
The whole Act	Am 1995 No 91, Sch 1 [3] (“State Rescue and Emergency Services Board” omitted wherever occurring, “State Rescue Board” inserted instead).