New South Wales Consolidated Acts

STATE EMERGENCY SERVICE ACT 1989 - SECT 21

21 Duty to recognise authority of Director-General and emergency officers

(1) Every member of the NSW Police Force and all other members of emergency services organisations are to recognise, in connection with operations in response to an emergency to which this Part applies, the authority of the Director-General and emergency officers acting under the Director-General’s orders or the orders of the region controller or local controller.

(2) It is the duty of every such member to assist the Director-General or other emergency officer in connection with those operations.