Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2022A00079:clause:1_668a
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2022A00079
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 668A
Character Range: 409428–411009

668A  After subsection 7(9)
Insert:
 (9A) If a declaration under subsection (9B) is in force, then when determining for the purposes of paragraph 7(9)(a) whether firefighting or related duties made up a not insubstantial portion of the duties of an employee of the Australian Capital Territory, being an employee:
 (a) covered by paragraph 5(11)(e) or (ea) as a result of being a volunteer member (however described) of a body referred to in either of those paragraphs; or
 (b) specified in a declaration under subsection 5(15);
the relevant authority must:
 (c) by writing, request the declared ACT firefighting advisory committee to give the relevant authority written advice in relation to the matter within a reasonable period specified in the request; and
 (d) have regard to any such advice provided within that period.
 (9B) If the Chief Minister for the Australian Capital Territory so requests in writing, the Minister may, by legislative instrument, declare that a committee or other body (however described) that is established:
 (a) by or under an ACT enactment; or
 (b) by a written instrument made by a Minister (including the Chief Minister) of the Australian Capital Territory;
is the declared ACT firefighting advisory committee for the purposes of subsection (9A).
 (9C) A reference in subsection (9) or (9A) to the duties of an employee includes, in relation to an employee of the Australian Capital Territory specified in a declaration under subsection 5(15), a reference to the activities to which that subsection applies that were engaged in by the employee.