VICTORIA STATE EMERGENCY SERVICE ACT 2005
Table of Provisions
PART 1--PRELIMINARY
- 1 Purpose
- 2 Commencement
- 3 Definitions
PART 2--VICTORIA STATE EMERGENCY SERVICE AUTHORITY
- 4 Victoria State Emergency Service Authority
- 4A Objective
- 4B Emergency Management Victoria
- 4C Compliance with operational standards of Emergency Management Commissioner
- 4D Report on compliance with operational standards developed by the Emergency Management Commissioner
- 4E Strategic Action Plan
- 4F Compliance with incident management operating procedures
- 5 Functions
- 6 Duties of the Authority
- 6A Duty to assist in major emergency
- 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 Chief Officer, Operations
- 30 Staff
- 31 Delegation
- 32 Powers and duties of Chief Officer, Operations
- 32AA Application of sections 32AB and 32AC
- 32AB Power of entry
- 32AC Power to construct, remove or alter levee and remove debris
- 32A Standing Orders
- 33 Register
- 34 Registered units[1]
- 35 Controllers of registered units
- 36 Probationary members
- 37 Registered members
- 38 Examination or medical evidence
- 39 Discharge by registered unit of function under state emergency management plan
- 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
- 46A Definition
- 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 Change of title
- 59 Transitional provision—Emergency Management Legislation Amendment Act 2018
PART 6--FAWKNER CREMATORIUM AND MEMORIAL PARK LAND
- 60 Revocation of reservation
- 61 Consequences of revocation
- 62 Temporary reservation for cemetery purposes
