Fire Services Joint Standing Committee Act 1998 (NSW)

Fire Services Joint Standing Committee Act 1998 No 18

An Act to establish a Fire Services Joint Standing Committee and to confer functions on the Committee; and for other purposes.

Part 1 Preliminary

1 Name of Act This Act is the Fire Services Joint Standing Committee Act 1998.

2 Commencement This Act commences on a day or days to be appointed by proclamation.

3 Definitions In this Act: Committee means the Fire Services Joint Standing Committee established by this Act. exercise a function includes perform a duty. function includes a power, authority or duty.

Part 2 Fire Services Joint Standing Committee

4 Establishment of Committee (1) There is established by this Act a Fire Services Joint Standing Committee. (2) The Committee is to consist of 6 members as follows: (a) the Commissioner of New South Wales Fire Brigades, (b) the Commissioner of the NSW Rural Fire Service, (c) a member of staff of New South Wales Fire Brigades nominated from time to time by the Commissioner of New South Wales Fire Brigades, (d) a member of the NSW Rural Fire Service nominated from time to time by the Commissioner of the NSW Rural Fire Service, (e) a person appointed by the Minister on the recommendation of the NSW Fire Brigade Employees' Union, (f) a person appointed by the Minister on the recommendation of the NSW Rural Fire Service Association. (3) Schedule 1 has effect with respect to the members and procedure of the Committee.

5 Functions of Committee (1) The Committee has the following functions: (a) to develop and submit to the Minister strategic plans for the delivery of comprehensive, balanced and co-ordinated urban and rural fire services at the interface of fire district boundaries and rural fire district boundaries, (b) to review periodically the boundaries of fire districts and rural fire districts and, if it considers it appropriate, to make recommendations to the Minister concerning those boundaries, (c) to develop and submit to the Minister implementation strategies to minimise duplication and maximise compatibility between the services of New South Wales Fire Brigades and the services of the NSW Rural Fire Service, with particular reference to the following areas: (i) infrastructure planning, (ii) training activities, (iii) community education programs, (iv) equipment design, (d) to report to the Minister on any matter referred to the Committee by the Minister and, if it considers it appropriate, to make recommendations to the Minister concerning that matter, (e) such other functions as are conferred or imposed on the Committee by or under this or any other Act. (2) In this section: fire district has the meaning given to it by the Fire and Rescue NSW Act 1989. rural fire district has the meaning given to it by the Rural Fires Act 1997.