New South Wales Consolidated Acts

STATE EMERGENCY SERVICE ACT 1989

- As at 10 November 2009
- Act 164 of 1989

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1 - PRELIMINARY

   1.      Name of Act
   2.      Commencement
   3.      Definitions
   4.      Limitation on operation of Act-industrial disputes and civil disturbances
   5.      (Repealed)
   6.      Act binds the Crown

   PART 2 - THE STATE EMERGENCY SERVICE

   7.      State Emergency Service
   8.      Functions of Service

   PART 3 - THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL AND OTHER STAFF OF THE SERVICE

   9.      Director-General, Deputy Director-General and other staff
   10.     Ministerial control
   11.     Director-General responsible for administration of Service
   12.     Planning and preparation by Director-General
   13.     Delegation by Director-General
   14.     Service regions

   PART 4 - EMERGENCY OFFICERS AND SES UNITS

   15.     Emergency officers
   16.     Region controllers
   17.     Local controllers
   17A.    Unit controllers
   17B.    Terms of appointment for local and unit controllers
   17C.    Local and unit controller deputies
   17D.    Region headquarters unit
   18.     SES units
   18AA.   Granting, suspension and withdrawal of membership of SES units

   PART 5 - EMERGENCIES AND EMERGENCY POWERS

   18A.    Definitions
   19.     Emergencies to which Part applies
   20.     Director-General to control emergencies
   21.     Duty to recognise authority of Director-General and emergency officers
   22.     Power to evacuate or to take other steps concerning persons
   22A.    Power to take other safety measures
   22B.    Power to enter premises
   22C.    Notice of entry
   22D.    Care to be taken
   22E.    Use of force
   22F.    Authority to enter premises
   23.     Arrangements for inter-State co-operation in emergencies
   24.     Offence to obstruct Director-General or emergency officer

   PART 5A - STATE EMERGENCY SERVICE FUND
   Note

           Division 1 - Preliminary

   24A.    Definitions

           Division 2 - The Fund

   24B.    State Emergency Service Fund

           Division 3 - Estimates of Fund expenditure and contributions

   24C.    Estimate to be prepared by Minister
   24D.    Councils to furnish information to Minister
   24E.    Times for instalment payments
   24F.    Contributions due and payable within 60 days of assessment
   24G.    Deficits and excesses in contributions

           Division 4 - Contributions by Treasurer

   24H.    Contributions by Treasurer

           Division 5 - Contributions by local government areas

   24I.    Contributions required from councils
   24J.    Determination of contributions of councils
   24K.    Advance contribution payment by councils

           Division 6 - Contributions by insurance companies

   24L.    Contributions required from insurance companies
   24M.    Advance payment by insurance companies
   24N.    Definition of “total amount of the premiums”
   24O.    Adjustments
   24P.    Liability of owner where foreign insurer involved
   24Q.    Returns by insurance companies
   24R.    Returns by owners of property
   24S.    Audit of accounts of insurance companies

           Division 7 - Miscellaneous

   24T.    Application of the Fund
   24U.    Management of unspent funds
   24V.    Disposal by councils of equipment purchased from Fund

   PART 6 - MISCELLANEOUS

   25.     Personal liability of members of Service and volunteers
   25A.    Certain damage to be covered by insurance
   26.     This Act not to limit other Acts or laws
   27.     Service of documents
   28.     Proceedings for offences
   28A.    Donations of financial or material support
   29.     Regulations
   30.     Savings, transitional and other provisions
   31.     Repeal of State Emergency Services and Civil Defence Act 1972 and regulations
           32-35. (Repealed)
           SCHEDULE 1
           SCHEDULE 2