STATE EMERGENCY AND RESCUE MANAGEMENT ACT 1989 - SECT 16 Functional area sub-committees of State Emergency Management Committee STATE EMERGENCY AND RESCUE MANAGEMENT ACT 1989 - SECT 16 Functional area sub-committees of State Emergency Management Committee 16 Functional area sub-committees of State Emergency Management Committee (1) The State Emergency Management Committee is required to establish such sub-committees as the Minister directs in connection with functional areas. (2) A sub-committee established for a functional area is to co-ordinate the provision of functional area support for activities carried out to prevent, prepare for, respond to or recover from an emergency.