Emergency Services Reform Amendment Bill 2023 (Qld)

An Act to amend the Disaster Management Act 2003, the Disaster Management Regulation 2014, the Fire and Emergency Services Act 1990, the Police Service Administration Act 1990, the Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003, the Working with Children (Risk Management and Screening) Act 2000 and the legislation mentioned in schedule 1 for particular purposes The Parliament of Queensland enacts—

Part 1 Preliminary

1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Emergency Services Reform Amendment Act 2023.

2 Commencement This Act commences on a day to be fixed by proclamation.

Part 2 Amendment of Disaster Management Act 2003

3 Act amended This part amends the Disaster Management Act 2003.

4 Insertion of new pt 2 , div 1A Part 2— insert—

Division 1A State Disaster Management Group

21F Establishment A group known as the State Disaster Management Group (the SDM group) is established.

21G Functions and powers (1) The SDM group has the following functions— (a) to provide timely strategic oversight of, and support for, disaster management and disaster operations for the State; (b) to consider strategies and policies for managing a disaster and to give advice to the State group about implementing the strategies and policies; (c) other functions given to the group under this Act or another Act; (d) functions incidental to a function mentioned in paragraph (a), (b) or (c). (2) The SDM group has power to do anything necessary or convenient to be done for the performance of its functions.

21H Membership (1) The SDM group consists of the following members— (a) the persons prescribed by regulation; (b) other persons invited by the chairperson of the group to be members of the group. (2) If the chairperson of the SDM group invites a person to be a member of the group under subsection (1)(b), the person's membership is subject to the conditions decided by the chairperson. Example of a condition— a person's membership is for a limited period