Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) Such number of chief fire wardens and fire wardens may be appointed as the commissioner thinks necessary or expedient for the purposes of this Act.
(2) Subject to subsection (3), appointments must be made in writing by the commissioner.
(3) Where the appointee is a public service officer or a police officer, the appointment must be made by the Governor in Council by notification published in the gazette--
(a) specifying the name of the appointee; or
(b) specifying that the appointment is made to the holder of a specified office in which case each person who, for any period, holds or performs the duties of that office is, for that period, a chief fire warden or, as the case may be, a fire warden.
(4) A person may hold an office under this section in conjunction with any office held with the service, the public service or the police service.
(5) The commissioner may, by giving a notice to an appointee, cancel the appointment, whether the appointment was made by the commissioner or the Governor in Council.
(6) The Governor in Council may, by notification published in the gazette, amend or rescind any notification made under subsection (3)(b).