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STATE EMERGENCY AND RESCUE MANAGEMENT ACT 1989 - SECT 60D
Order of Premier, Minister or authorised officer applying Part to emergency operations
(1) The Premier, Minister or an authorised officer may, by order published in
the Gazette or on the NSW legislation website, direct that
emergency operations carried out in connection with an emergency specified in
the order are operations to which this Part applies.
(2) In determining
whether an order under this section is needed, the Premier, Minister or
authorised officer is to have regard to the possible duration of the
emergency.
(3) An order may apply to all emergency operations carried out in
connection with the emergency or may be limited in its operation by reference
to any one or more of the following-- (a) particular operations or a class of
operations,
(b) a particular emergency services organisation or organisations
taking part in those operations,
(c) a particular area in which those
operations are being carried out.
(4) An order made by the Premier remains in
force for the period specified in the order unless revoked earlier. If no
period is specified, the order remains in force until revoked. Revocation is
to be by a further order of the Premier published in the Gazette or on the NSW
legislation website.
(4AA) An order made by the Minister remains in force for
the period, not more than 14 days, specified in the order unless revoked
earlier.
(4AB) Revocation of an order made by the Minister is by either of
the following published in the Gazette or on the NSW legislation website-- (a)
a further order of the Minister under this section,
(b) an order of the
Premier under this section.
(4A) An order made by an authorised officer
remains in force for the period, not exceeding 48 hours, specified in the
order (unless revoked earlier). Revocation is to be by a further order of the
authorised officer or the Premier published in the Gazette or on the NSW
legislation website.
(5) An order may be made under this section whether or
not a state of emergency has been declared under section 33.
(6) In this
section--
"authorised officer" means any of the following-- (a) the Commissioner or a
Deputy Commissioner of the NSW Rural Fire Service or the
State Emergency Service,
(b) the State Emergency Operations Controller or
Deputy State Emergency Operations Controller referred to in section 18.
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