Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Emergency Management Act 1986 - SECT 39

Regulations

39. Regulations

The Governor in Council may make regulations, subject to the regulations being
disallowed by Parliament, for or with respect to-

   (a)  the registration of persons under section 26; and

   (b)  the training of members and officers of non-government agencies for
        which a role is defined, or on which a responsibility is conferred, by
        DISPLAN; and

   (c)  prescribing conditions of issue and use of property issued to
        municipal councils for the purpose of emergency management; and

   (d)  prescribing fees for training courses conducted by the Co-ordinator in
        Chief; and

   (e)  generally prescribing any other matter or thing required or permitted
        by this Act to be prescribed or necessary to be prescribed to give
        effect to this Act.

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ENDNOTES

1. General Information Minister's second reading speech: Legislative Assembly:
27 March 1986 Legislative Council: 8 May 1986 The long title for the Bill for
this Act "A Bill to provide for the management and organization of the
prevention of, response to and recovery from emergencies, to repeal the State
Disasters Act 1983 and for other purposes.". The Emergency Management Act 1986
was assented to on 20 May 1986 and came into operation as follows: Sections
1-7, 10-17, 22-24, 36, 39 on 27 June 1986: Government Gazette 18 June 1986
page 2066; rest of Act on 3 December 1986: Government Gazette 3 December 1986
page 4540. 2. Table of Amendments This Version incorporates amendments made to
the Emergency Management Act 1986 by Acts and subordinate instruments.
------------------------------------------------------------- Emergency
Management (Amendment) Act 1986, No. 75/1986 Assent Date: 18.11.86
Commencement Date: 18.11.86 Current State: All of Act in operation Victoria
State Emergency Service Act 1987, No. 57/1987 Assent Date: 27.10.87
Commencement Date: 2.5.88: Special Gazette (No. 30) 28.4.88 p. 1 Current
State: All of Act in operation
Local Government (Consequential Provisions) Act 1989, No. 12/1989 (as amended
by No. 13/1990) Assent Date: 9.5.89 Commencement Date: S. 4(1)(Sch. 2 item
34.1-34.9) on 1.1.89: Government Gazette 1.11.89 p. 2798 Current State: This
information relates only to the provision/s amending the
Emergency Management Act 1986 Fire Authorities Act 1989, No. 50/1989 Assent
Date: 14.6.89 Commencement Date: S. 50 on 1.7.89: Government Gazette 28.6.89
p. 1559 Current State: This information relates only to the provision/s
amending the Emergency Management Act 1986 Accident Compensation (Amendment)
Act 1994, No. 50/1994 Assent Date: 15.6.94 Commencement Date: S. 126 on
24.6.94: Special Gazette (No. 37) 24.6.94 p. 2-see
Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984 Current State: This information relates
only to the provision/s amending the Emergency Management Act 1986 Emergency
Management (Amendment) Act 1994, No. 97/1994 Assent Date: 13.12.94
Commencement Date: 13.12.94 Current State: All of Act in operation Rail
Corporations (Amendment) Act 1997, No. 104/1997 Assent Date: 16.12.97
Commencement Date: S. 44 on 31.3.98: Special Gazette (No. 23) 31.3.98 p. 1
Current State: This information relates only to the provision/s amending the
Emergency Management Act 1986





Public Sector Reform (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1998, No. 46/1998 Assent
Date: 26.5.98 Commencement Date: S. 7(Sch. 1) on 1.7.98: s. 2(2) Current
State: This information relates only to the provision/s amending the
Emergency Management Act 1986 Tribunals and Licensing Authorities
(Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1998, No. 52/1998 Assent Date: 2.6.98
Commencement Date: S. 311(Sch. 1 item 24) on 1.7.98: Government Gazette
18.6.98 p. 1512 Current State: This information relates only to the
provision/s amending the Emergency Management Act 1986 Local Government
(Governance and Melton) Act 1998, No. 86/1998 Assent Date: 17.11.98
Commencement Date: S. 19 on 1.7.99: Government Gazette 17.6.99 p. 1406 Current
State: This information relates only to the provision/s amending the
Emergency Management Act 1986 Statute Law Revision (Repeals) Act 1999, No.
3/1999 Assent Date: 28.4.99 Commencement Date: 28.4.99 Current State: All of
Act in operation Essential Services (Year 2000) Act 1999, No. 50/1999 Assent
Date: 7.12.99 Commencement Date: 8.12.99: s. 2 Current State: All of Act in
operation Emergency Management (Amendment) Act 2000, No. 48/2000 Assent Date:
14.6.00 Commencement Date: 15.6.00: s. 2 Current State: All of Act in
operation Statute Law Revision Act 2000, No. 74/2000 Assent Date: 21.11.00
Commencement Date: S. 3(Sch. 1 item 40) on 22.11.00: s. 2(1) Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the
Emergency Management Act 1986 Victorian Urban Development Authority Act 2003,
No. 59/2003 Assent Date: 16.6.03 Commencement Date: S. 117 on 1.8.03:
Government Gazette 31.7.03 p. 2125 Current State: This information relates
only to the provision/s amending the Emergency Management Act 1986
Emergency Services Telecommunications Authority Act 2004, No. 98/2004 Assent
Date: 14.12.04 Commencement Date: Ss 36-40 on 1.7.05: Government Gazette
9.6.05 p. 1175 Current State: This information relates only to the provision/s
amending the Emergency Management Act 1986

Public Administration Act 2004, No. 108/2004 Endnotes Assent Date: 21.12.04
Commencement Date: S. 117(1)(Sch. 3 item 65) on 5.4.05: Government Gazette
31.3.05 p. 602 Current State: This information relates only to the provision/s
amending the Emergency Management Act 1986
Victoria State Emergency Service Act 2005, No. 51/2005 Assent Date: 24.8.05
Commencement Date: S. 58(2)(3) on 1.11.05: Government Gazette 20.10.05 p. 2308
Current State: This information relates only to the provision/s amending the
Emergency Management Act 1986 City of Melbourne and Docklands Acts
(Governance) Act 2006, No. 74/2006 Assent Date: 10.10.06 Commencement Date: S.
24 on 1.7.07: Government Gazette 28.6.07 p. 1303 Current State: This
information relates only to the provision/s amending the
Emergency Management Act 1986
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INDEX

Subject

Section

Act

commencement 2
objectives 4A
purpose 1
repeals 3 Agencies

chief officers, officers in charge 16-16A
control agencies 4, 36A
co-ordinating agencies for emergency recovery 17B
co-ordination 6, 8, 10, 11, 17E, 17F
definition 4
information for Commissioner 21F-21G
provisions in DISPLAN 13-17
representation on Council 8
responsible for emergencies in emergency areas 36A
responsible for emergencies other than fires 16A
responsible for suppression of fires 16 Chief Commissioner of Police 5, 11
Commissioner See Emergency Services Commissioner

Compensation

false claims 38
for property taken, used in states of disaster 24, 35
for volunteer emergency workers

application of Part 6 25A Authority's functions, rights, powers 25, 28, 31-32
entitlement 27 entitlement where damages otherwise payable 34 for loss of,
damage to property 29, 35 for personal injuries 28, 32 jurisdiction 30
Co-ordinator in Chief

as member of Council 8
change of name 9A
committees established by 9
definition 4
delegation 7
Deputy Co-ordinator in Chief 4, 5, 7, 9A
Minister as 5
role (general) 6
role, powers, functions regarding

compensation 24 DISPLAN 10, 17 municipal councils 19, 21 recovery plan,
co-ordinating agency 17A-17B states of disaster 24 Council See Victoria
Emergency Management Council

Damages 34 Definitions 4, 16, 21J, 22, 25 Director, Victoria State Emergency
Service 21A Disasters See DISPLAN; States of disaster

DISPLAN

change of name 9A
committees 14
definition 4
Deputy State Co-ordinator 11-12
emergency responses to fires 16
emergency responses other than to fires 16A
matters provided for 15
preparation, review 10
publication 17
regional, municipal district co-ordinators 13, 15-16A
State Co-ordinator of 11-14 Emergencies (def.) 4 Emergency activities (def.) 4
Emergency areas 4, 36A-36C Emergency management (def.) 4 Emergency recovery
See State emergency recovery plan

Emergency response plan See DISPLAN

Emergency services agencies 4, 21D Emergency Services Commissioner

annual report 21I
as Executive Officer of Council 8
delegation 21H
establishment of office 21B
functions, powers 21C
monitoring, investigation of Emergency Services Telecommunications Authority,
agencies

21C, 21E-21F
power to require information 21F-21G
preparation, review, monitoring of standards 21D-21F Emergency Services
Telecommunications Authority 4, 21C, 21E-21G Essential services 4 Fires 16
Government agencies 4, 6, 8, 22, 24 Minister 5, 21E-21F, 29, 34 Municipal
councils 18-21A Non-government agencies 4, 8 Offences 36, 36C, 38 Police 11,
13, 36A-36B Premier 23 Regulations 39 Repeals 3 State Co-ordinator

appointment of regional, municipal district co-ordinators by

13
Chief Commissioner of Police as 11
committees established by 14
definition 4
delegation 12
powers regarding emergency areas 36A, 36B State emergency recovery plan

committees 17E
contents 17F
co-ordinating agency 17B
preparation, review 17A
regional Co-ordinators of Recovery 17D, 17F
State Recovery Co-ordinator 17B-17E State emergency response plan See DISPLAN

States of disaster 22-24 Victoria Emergency Management Council

change of name 9A
Commissioner as Executive Officer of 8, 21C
consultation with 10, 17A
establishment, functions, constitution 8 Victorian Civil and Administrative
Tribunal 24, 30 Volunteer emergency workers

compensation 25-35
definition 4
immunity 37

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