response means the combating of emergencies and the provision of rescue services; Secretary to the Department of Environment and Primary Industries means the Secretary to the Department of Environment and Primary Industries when performing its fire suppression functions, including under section 62(2)(b) of the Forests Act 1958; State Crisis and Resilience Council means the Council established under section 6; state emergency recovery plan means the state emergency recovery plan prepared under section 59; state emergency response plan means the state emergency response plan prepared under section 53; State Response Controller means a person appointed as a State Response Controller under section 37; Strategic Action Plan means the plan prepared under section 12; Victoria State Emergency Service Authority means the Victoria State Emergency Service Authority established under the Victoria State Emergency Service Act 2005; work program means a work program for an agency included in a Strategic Action Plan. 4 Interpretation s. 4 (1) This Act must be read and construed as one with the Emergency Management Act 1986. (2) Unless inconsistent with the context or words or expressions defined in the Emergency Management Act 1986 have the same meaning in this Act.
(f) defining regions for the purposes of section 56. 55 Publication of state emergency response plan or review s. 55 (1) As soon as practicable after the state emergency response plan is prepared the Minister must— (a) in such manner as the Minister determines, publish the state emergency response plan; and (b) forward a copy of the state emergency response plan to each agency to which it applies. (2) As soon as practicable after the state emergency response plan is reviewed the Minister must— (a) in such manner as the Minister determines, publish details of the review; and (b) forward a copy of the results of the review to each agency to which the state emergency response plan applies. 56 Regional and municipal district emergency response coordinators (1) The Chief Commissioner of Police must, on the request of the Emergency Management Commissioner, appoint a member of the police force to be an emergency response coordinator for each region and municipal district. (2) In the event of an emergency, directions concerning the allocation of resources in responding to that emergency may be given to all
acquired by the Inspector-General for Emergency Management or that person by reason of, or in the course of, the performance of the functions or the exercise of the powers of the Inspector-General for Emergency Management under this Act except— (a) for the performance of the functions or the exercise of the powers of the for Emergency Management under this Act; or (b) where the confidential information may relate to matters relevant to the commission of a criminal offence and the for Emergency Management considers that it would be in the public interest to do so, for the purpose of disclosing that confidential information to the Director of Public Prosecutions or a member of the police force; or (c) where the confidential information is requested by the Coroner or where the Inspector-General for Emergency Management considers that it would be in the public interest to provide the confidential information to the Coroner having regard to the functions of the Coroner; or (d) where the confidential information is provided or disclosed to— (i) the Commissioner for Law Enforcement Data Security; or (ii) the IBAC. Penalty: 5 penalty units. (2) In this section, confidential information means information acquired by the Inspector-General for Emergency Management or another person, by reason of, or in the course of, conducting a review
See: Act No. 73/2010 and amending Act Nos 73/2010 and 56/2011. LawToday: www. legislation. vic.gov.au 77 Repeal of Fire Services Commissioner Act 2010 s. 77 The Fire Services Commissioner Act 2010 is repealed. Division 2—Emergency Management Act 1986 78 Consequential repeals and amendments See: Act No. 30/1986. Reprint No. 4 as at 1 May 2008 and amending Act Nos 73/2009, 6/2010, 9/2010, 73/2010, 56/2011 and 5/2012. LawToday: www. legislation. vic.gov.au (1) In section 4(1) of the Emergency Management Act 1986, the definitions of chief officer, Commissioner, Council, Fire Services Commissioner, fire services agency, major fire, state emergency recovery plan, State Emergency Response Coordinator and state emergency response plan are repealed. (2) Insert the following definition in section 4(1) of the Emergency Management Act 1986— "Emergency Management Commissioner has the same meaning as it has in section 3 of the Emergency Management Act 2013;". (3) Sections 6, 8, 9 and 9A and Parts 3, 3A and 4A of the Emergency Management Act 1986 are repealed. (4) In sections 7, 23(1), 36A(3), (6), (7) and 36B(4) of the Emergency Management Act 1986 for "State Emergency Response Coordinator" substitute "Emergency Management Commissioner".