(1) The Chief Officer, Operations must, on or before 30 April each year, develop exercises and training for registered members to carry out during the following financial year to ensure that each registered member is appropriately trained and qualified to carry out the emergency activities and operations that the registered member may be required to carry out as a registered member in that year.
(2) In developing exercises and training under subregulation (1), the Chief Officer, Operations must have regard to, and give priority to, the expected needs of the Service and the Victorian community in the following financial year.
(3) Without limiting subregulation (1), the Chief Officer, Operations may develop exercises and training that test a registered member to determine whether the registered member has the necessary fitness to carry out the emergency activities and operations that the registered member may be required to carry out.
(4) The Chief Officer, Operations must not develop exercises and training under subregulation (1) that exceed the genuine occupational requirements of the emergency activities and operations that registered members may be required to carry out.