New South Wales Consolidated Acts

STATE EMERGENCY AND RESCUE MANAGEMENT ACT 1989 - SECT 30

30 Local Emergency Operations Controller

(1) The District Emergency Operations Controller is to appoint a Local Emergency Operations Controller for each local government area.

(2) The person appointed:

(a) must be a police officer stationed within the district (established under section 21) in which the local government area is located, or, if that is not reasonably practicable, within a district that is, in the opinion of the District Emergency Operations Controller, nearby, and

(b) must be a person who, in the opinion of the District Emergency Operations Controller, has experience in emergency management.