Victorian Numbered Acts

JUSTICE LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (POLICE AND OTHER MATTERS) ACT 2024 (NO. 2 OF 2024) - SECT 7

After section 105 of the Fire Rescue Victoria Act 1958 insert —

        " 105A     Minister may direct Country Fire Authority to give an allocation statement in respect of other Country Fire Authority staff

    (1)     The Minister may give a direction to the Country Fire Authority requiring the Country Fire Authority to give to the Minister an allocation statement that—

        (a)     sets out the property, rights, liabilities and obligations of the Country Fire Authority that are to be allocated to Fire Rescue Victoria on the approval date, which must be property, rights, liabilities and obligations of the Country Fire Authority that relate to a person, or persons included in a class of persons, transferred from the Country Fire Authority to Fire Rescue Victoria under section 103; and

        (b)     identifies the location of any such property of the Country Fire Authority and identifies the rights, liabilities and obligations; and

        (c)     allocates that property and those rights, liabilities and obligations to Fire Rescue Victoria; and

        (d)     includes such other information about that property and those rights, liabilities and obligations (other than information about their value) as is specified in the direction.

    (2)     Without limiting subsection (1), a direction under that subsection may specify either or both of the following—

        (a)     the property, rights, liabilities and obligations of the Country Fire Authority;

        (b)     one or more classes of property, rights, liabilities and obligations of the Country Fire Authority—

that are to be allocated to Fire Rescue Victoria on the approval date, which must be property, rights, liabilities and obligations or classes of property, rights, liabilities and obligations of the Country Fire Authority that relate to a person, or persons included in a class of persons, transferred from the Country Fire Authority to Fire Rescue Victoria under section 103.

    (3)     If the Minister gives a direction to the Country Fire Authority under subsection (1), the Country Fire Authority must give the allocation statement required by the direction to the Minister before the end of the period specified in the direction.

    (4)     The Minister may approve the allocation statement.

    (5)     If the Minister approves the allocation statement—

        (a)     the Minister must sign the statement; and

        (b)     the date on which the Minister signs the allocation statement is the approval date.

    (6)     The Minister may give one or more directions under subsection (1), but must not give a direction on or after the day that is 12 months after the day on which section 7 of the Justice Legislation Amendment (Police and Other Matters) Act 2024 comes into operation.".