(1) The NSW Police Force is responsible for co-ordinating rescue operations
and for determining the priorities of action to be taken in rescue operations.
(3) This section does not apply to a rescue operation if the control of the
rescue operation is vested by law in another agency, such as--
(a) a rescue
operation in which the person or property is endangered by fire and at which a
member of a Fire Brigade is in charge, or
(b) a rescue operation which
results from an emergency and which is subject to the control of another
agency in accordance with Part 2.
(4) This section applies despite anything
to the contrary in any other Act.