Victorian Consolidated Legislation

VICTORIA STATE EMERGENCY SERVICE ACT 2005

No. 51 of 2005
Version incorporating amendments as at 23 October 2008

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Section Page

   PART 1-PRELIMINARY

   1.      Purpose
   2.      Commencement
   3.      Definitions

   PART 2-VICTORIA STATE EMERGENCY SERVICE AUTHORITY

   4.      Victoria State Emergency Service Authority
   5.      Functions
   6.      Duties of the Authority
   7.      General powers of Authority
   8.      Accountability of Authority
   9.      Board of Directors
   10.     Appointment of Directors
   11.     Term of appointment
   12.     Remuneration and allowances
   13.     Application of Public Administration Act 2004.
   14.     Vacancies
   15.     Acting Directors
   16.     Membership of Board not office or place of profit
   17.     Decisions not affected by certain matters
   18.     Immunity of Directors
   19.     Meetings of the Board
   20.     Participation in meetings by telephone or other means
   21.     Resolutions without meetings
   22.     Conflicts of interest
   23.     Power of delegation
   24.     Chief Executive Officer
   25.     Acting Chief Executive Officer
   26.     Delegation of powers of Chief Executive Officer
   27.     Delegation

   PART 3-VICTORIA STATE EMERGENCY SERVICE

   28.     Victoria State Emergency Service
   29.     Director of Operations
   30.     Staff
   31.     Delegation
   32.     Powers and duties of Director of Operations
   33.     Register
   34.     Registered units
   35.     Controllers of registered units
   36.     Probationary members
   37.     Registered members
   38.     Examination or medical evidence
   39.     DISPLAN roles of the Authority
   40.     Traffic management power
   41.     Power of Authority to authorise registered units to perform functions outside Victoria
   42.     Immunity of Service members
   43.     Insurance policies
   44.     Offence of wilful damage or interference with property
   45.     Offence to obstruct, hinder or interfere
   46.     Offences relating to impersonation

   PART 4-COMPENSATION

   47.     Compensation for injury during emergency service
   48.     Compensation otherwise payable
   49.     Compensation for loss of or damage to property during emergency service
   50.     Jurisdiction
   51.     Victorian WorkCover Authority to represent Crown
   52.     Payments
   53.     Entitlement where damages otherwise payable
   54.     Fraudulent claims

   PART 5-MISCELLANEOUS

   55.     Regulations
   56.     Repeal
   57.     Transitional provisions
   58.     Repealed

   PARTS 6-8-Repealed

           59-75. Repealed
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           ENDNOTES
           1. General Information
           2. Table of Amendments
           3. Explanatory Details