"control" means the overall direction of the activities, agencies or
individuals concerned.
"co-ordination" means the bringing together of agencies and individuals to
ensure effective emergency or rescue management, but does not include the
control of agencies and individuals by direction.
"emergency operations centre" means a centre established under this Act at a
State, regional or local level as a centre of communication, and as a centre
for the co-ordination of operations and support, during an emergency.
"emergency services organisation" means the following--
"functional area" means the following categories of services involved in the
prevention of, preparation for, responses to or recovery from an emergency--
(b) a public
authority, being a body (whether incorporated or not) established by or under
an Act for a public purpose, other than--
(i) the Legislative Council or
Legislative Assembly or a committee of either or both of those bodies, or
(ii) a court or other judicial tribunal,
(c) the NSW Police Force,
(d) a
local government council or other local authority, or
(e) a member or officer
of an agency referred to in paragraphs (a)-(d) or any other person in the
service of the Crown who has statutory functions, other than--
(i) the
Governor, the Lieutenant-Governor or the Administrator of the State,
(ii) a
Minister of the Crown,
(iii) a member of the Legislative Council or
Legislative Assembly or an officer of that Council or Assembly, or