South Australian Numbered Acts South Australian Numbered Acts18—Advisory Board
(1) The Minister must
establish the Fire and Emergency Services Advisory
Board (the "Advisory Board").
(2) The Advisory Board
has the following functions:
(a) to
provide to the Commission and the emergency service organisations advice on
matters relating to prevention, preparedness, response and recovery as part of
emergency management;
(b) to
provide to the Minister, the Commission and the emergency service
organisations advice on other matters within the emergency services sector,
particularly in relation to matters affecting volunteers;
(c) to
provide advice to—
(i)
the Minister on any matter referred by the Minister;
(ii)
the Commission on any matter referred by the Commission;
(iii)
an emergency services organisation on any matter referred
by the organisation.
(3) The Advisory Board
consists of the following members appointed by the Minister:
(a) 1
member appointed to be the presiding member of the Advisory Board; and
(b) 1
member appointed on the joint nomination of the Chief Officer of SAMFS and
UFU, being a person who is, under the organisational structures of SAMFS, a
retained firefighter ; and
(c) 2
members appointed on the nomination of the South Australian Volunteers
Fire-Brigades Association; and
(d) 2
members appointed on the nomination of S.A.S.E.S. Volunteers' Association
Incorporated; and
(e) 1
member appointed on the nomination of the LGA; and
(f) 1
member appointed on the nomination of the UFU.
(4) The presiding
member must be a person who, in the opinion of the Minister, is independent of
the Commission, the emergency services organisations, and the associations
that represent the interests of members of the
emergency services organisations.
(5) At least 1 member
of the Advisory Board must be a woman and at least 1 member must be a man.
(6) A member of the
Advisory Board will be appointed on conditions determined by the Minister for
a term, not exceeding 3 years, specified in the instrument of appointment and,
at the expiration of a term of appointment, is eligible for reappointment.
(7) The Minister may
remove a member of the Advisory Board from office—
(a) for
breach of, or non-compliance with, a condition of appointment; or
(b) for
misconduct; or
(c) for
being absent from 4 or more consecutive meetings of the Advisory Board without
leave of the Board; or
(d) for
failure or incapacity to carry out official duties satisfactorily.
(8) The office of a
member of the Advisory Board becomes vacant if the member—
(a)
dies; or
(b)
completes a term of office and is not reappointed; or
(c)
resigns by written notice to the Minister; or
(d) is
removed from office under subsection (7).
(9) The Minister may
appoint a suitable person to be the deputy of a member of the Advisory Board
and that person may, in the absence of that member, act as a member of the
Advisory Board.
(10) The procedures to
be observed in relation to the conduct of the business of the Advisory Board
will be—
(a) as
prescribed by the regulations;
(b)
insofar as the procedure is not determined under paragraph (a)—as
determined by the Minister;
(c)
insofar as the procedure is not determined under paragraph (a) or
(b)—as determined by the Advisory Board.
(11) 4 members of the
Advisory Board constitute a quorum of the Board.
(12) However, the
member of the Advisory Board appointed under subsection (3)(f) will not
have a vote at a meeting of the Advisory Board.
(13) If—
(a) the
Advisory Board provides written advice to the Minister; and
(b) the
Advisory Board, at the time of providing that advice or at some later time, by
notice in writing to the Minister, requests that a copy of the advice be
tabled in Parliament,
then the Minister must, within 6 sitting days after receiving the request,
have copies of the advice laid before both Houses of Parliament.
(14) The Governor may,
by regulation, provide for any other matter that may be relevant to the
processes or activities of the Advisory Board.