State Emergency and Rescue Management Act 1989 No 165
Table of versions
Original legislation
State Emergency and Rescue Management Act 1989 No 165
Assented to 14.12.1989.
Date of commencement, secs 10–17, 19–41 and Sch 2 excepted, 12.2.1990, sec 2 and GG No 21 of 9.2.1990, p 1054.
Date of commencement of secs 10–17 and 19–32 and Sch 2, 1.12.1990, sec 2 and GG No 152 of 23.11.1990, p 10128.
Date of commencement of secs 33–41, 3.8.1990, sec 2 and GG No 97 of 3.8.1990, p 7103.
Amending legislation
State Emergency and Rescue Management Amendment Act 2024 No 78
Assented to 11.11.2024.
Date of commencement of Sch 1[1]–[9] [11] and [12], assent, sec 2.
Date of commencement of Sch 1[10]: not in force.
Emergency Services Legislation Amendment Act 2023 No 42
Assented to 11.12.2023.
Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
NSW Reconstruction Authority Act 2022 No 80
Assented to 28.11.2022.
Date of commencement of Sch 5.3, 16.12.2022, sec 2(b) and 2022 (859) LW 16.12.2022.
Bushfires Legislation Amendment Act 2020 No 37
Assented to 25.11.2020.
Date of commencement of Sch 2, assent, sec 2(1).
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2019 No 1
Assented to 17.06.2019.
Date of commencement of Sch 1.19, 14 days after assent, sec 2 (1).
Emergency Services Legislation Amendment Act 2018 No 59
Assented to 26.10.2018.
Date of commencement of Sch 1, 7.12.2018, sec 2 (2).
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2016 No 27
Assented to 07.06.2016.
Date of commencement of Sch 1.27, 8.7.2016, sec 2 (1).
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2015 No 15
Assented to 29.06.2015.
Date of commencement of Sch 1.25 [1] [3]–[5] and [7], 1.7.2015, Sch 1.25.
Date of commencement of Sch 1.25 [2] [6] and [8], 8.7.2015, sec 2 (1).
Passenger Transport Act 2014 No 46
Assented to 17.09.2014.
Sch 4.11 was not commenced and was repealed by the Point to Point Transport (Taxis and Hire Vehicles) Act 2016 No 34.
Rural Fires Amendment Act 2013 No 108
Assented to 27.11.2013.
Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
State Emergency and Rescue Management Amendment (Co-ordination and Notification of Rescues) Act 2013 No 62
Assented to 03.09.2013.
Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
Emergency Legislation Amendment Act 2012 No 103
Assented to 26.11.2012.
Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2012 No 95
Assented to 21.11.2012.
Date of commencement of Sch 2, 4.1.2013, sec 2 (1).
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2011 No 62
Assented to 16.11.2011.
Date of commencement of Schs 1 and 3, 6.1.2012, sec 2 (1).
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2010 No 119
Assented to 29.11.2010.
Date of commencement of Sch 3, 7.1.2011, sec 2 (2).
State Emergency and Rescue Management Amendment Act 2010 No 117
Assented to 29.11.2010.
Date of commencement, 14.1.2011, sec 2 and 2011 (3) LW 14.1.2011.
State Revenue Legislation Amendment Act 2010 No 46
Assented to 28.06.2010.
Date of commencement, assent, sec 2 (2).
State Emergency Service Amendment Act 2009 No 90
Assented to 19.11.2009.
Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
State Emergency and Rescue Management Amendment Act 2009 No 38
Assented to 19.06.2009.
Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
State Emergency and Rescue Management Amendment (Botany Emergency Works) Act 2008 No 8
Assented to 14.04.2008.
Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
Miscellaneous Acts (Local Court) Amendment Act 2007 No 94
Assented to 13.12.2007.
Date of commencement of Sch 4, 6.7.2009, sec 2 and 2009 (314) LW 3.7.2009.
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2006 No 120
Assented to 04.12.2006.
Date of commencement of Sch 2, assent, sec 2 (2).
Police Amendment (Miscellaneous) Act 2006 No 94
Assented to 22.11.2006.
Date of commencement of Sch 3.33, 1.2.2007, sec 2 and GG No 22 of 1.2.2007, p 575.
Ports Corporatisation and Waterways Management Amendment Act 2006 No 84
Assented to 30.10.2006.
Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006 No 58
Assented to 20.06.2006.
Date of commencement of Sch 2.54, assent, sec 2 (2).
State Emergency Service Amendment Act 2005 No 88
Assented to 17.11.2005.
Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
State Emergency and Rescue Management Amendment Act 2005 No 80
Assented to 26.10.2005.
Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
Crimes Legislation Amendment (Terrorism) Act 2004 No 48
Assented to 06.07.2004.
Date of commencement of Sch 4, assent, sec 2 (1).
Terrorism (Police Powers) Act 2002 No 115
Assented to 05.12.2002.
Date of commencement, 13.12.2002, sec 2 and GG No 255 of 13.12.2002, p 10562.
Civil Liability Amendment (Personal Responsibility) Act 2002 No 92
Assented to 28.11.2002.
Date of commencement of Sch 4.9, 6.12.2002, sec 2 and GG No 249 of 6.12.2002, p 10529.
State Emergency and Rescue Management Amendment Act 2000 No 32
Assented to 14.06.2000.
Date of commencement, 1.7.2000, sec 2 and GG No 81 of 30.6.2000, p 5358.
Crimes Legislation Amendment (Sentencing) Act 1999 No 94
Assented to 08.12.1999.
Date of commencement of sec 7 and Sch 5, 1.1.2000, sec 2 (1) and GG No 144 of 24.12.1999, p 12184.
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1997 No 147
Assented to 17.12.1997.
Date of commencement of Sch 1.24, 6.2.1998, Sch 1.24 and GG No 22 of 6.2.1998, p 523.
Rural Fires Act 1997 No 65
Assented to 10.07.1997.
Date of commencement, 1.9.1997, sec 2 and GG No 95 of 29.8.1997, p 6644.
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1996 No 121
Assented to 03.12.1996.
Date of commencement of Sch 4.48, 4 months after assent, sec 2 (4).
Emergency Legislation Amendment (Offences) Act 1996 No 89
Assented to 25.11.1996.
Date of commencement, 20.12.1996, sec 2 and GG No 150 of 20.12.1996, p 8524.
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1996 No 30
Assented to 21.06.1996.
Date of commencement of Sch 2, assent, sec 2 (1).
State Emergency Legislation Amendment Act 1995 No 91
Assented to 21.12.1995.
Date of commencement, 23.2.1996, sec 2 and GG No 20 of 16.2.1996, p 589.
Ports Corporatisation and Waterways Management Act 1995 No 13
Assented to 15.06.1995.
Date of commencement, 1.7.1995, sec 2 and GG No 79 of 30.6.1995, p 3435.
Statute Law Revision (Local Government) Act 1995 No 11
Assented to 09.06.1995.
Date of commencement of Sch 1.121, 23.6.1995, sec 2 (1) and GG No 77 of 23.6.1995, p 3279.
State Emergency and Rescue Management (Amendment) Act 1994 No 23
Assented to 30.05.1994.
Date of commencement, 20.6.1994, sec 2 and GG No 80 of 17.6.1994, p 2916.
Mines Rescue Act 1994 No 13
Assented to 10.05.1994.
Date of commencement, 8.7.1994, sec 2 and GG No 90 of 8.7.1994, p 3463.
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1991 No 94
Assented to 17.12.1991.
Date of commencement of the provisions of Sch 2 relating to the State Emergency and Rescue Management Act 1989, assent, Sch 2.
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1990 No 108
Assented to 13.12.1990.
Date of commencement of the provisions of Sch 1 relating to the State Emergency and Rescue Management Act 1989, assent, sec 2.
Police and Superannuation Legislation (Amendment) Act 1990 No 48
Assented to 26.06.1990.
Date of commencement, 1.7.1990, sec 2 and GG No 82 of 29.6.1990, p 5409.
Amending legislation
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1991 No 94
Assented to 17.12.1991.
Date of commencement of the provision of Sch 2 relating to the Police and Superannuation Legislation (Amendment) Act 1990, 1.7.1990, Sch 2.
Ambulance Services Act 1990 No 16
Assented to 14.06.1990.
Date of commencement, 1.7.1990, sec 2 and GG No 82 of 29.6.1990, p 5379.
State Emergency Service Act 1989 No 164
Assented to 14.12.1989.
Date of commencement, 3.8.1990, sec 2 and GG No 97 of 3.8.1990, p 7102.
History notes
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Sec 3 |
Am 1989 No 164, sec 34; 1990 No 48, Sch 1 (am 1991 No 94, Sch 2); 1995 No 11, Sch 1.121; 1995 No 91, Sch 1 [1] [2]; 1997 No 65, Sch 4.24 [1]; 2000 No 32, Sch 1 [1]–[3]; 2005 No 80, Sch 1 [1]; 2006 No 94, Sch 3.33 [1] [2]; 2009 No 38, Sch 1 [1]; 2010 No 46, Sch 2.3 [1]; 2010 No 117, Sch 1 [1] [2]; 2012 No 103, Sch 3 [1]–[8]; 2015 No 15, Sch 1.25 [1] [2]; 2018 No 59, Sch 1 [1]–[3]; 2023 No 42, Sch 5[1] [2]; 2024 No 78, Sch 1[1]–[5]. |
Sec 4 |
Am 2000 No 32, Sch 1 [4] [5]; 2004 No 48, Sch 4; 2018 No 59, Sch 1 [4]. |
Part 2, Div 1, Subdiv 1, heading |
Am 2018 No 59, Sch 1 [5]. |
Sec 10 |
Am 1995 No 91, Sch 1 [4]; 2009 No 38, Sch 1 [2] [3]; 2010 No 117, Sch 1 [3]; 2012 No 103, Sch 3 [2]; 2018 No 59, Sch 1 [6]. |
Sec 11 |
Am 2000 No 32, Sch 1 [6]; 2009 No 38, Sch 1 [4]; 2010 No 117, Sch 1 [4] [5]. Rep 2018 No 59, Sch 1 [7]. |
Part 2, Div 1, Subdiv 2, heading |
Am 2012 No 103, Sch 3 [3]. |
Sec 12 |
Am 2000 No 32, Sch 1 [7]; 2009 No 38, Sch 1 [5]; 2010 No 117, Sch 1 [6]; 2012 No 103, Sch 3 [2] [10]–[13]; 2015 No 15, Sch 1.25 [3] [4]. |
Sec 13 |
Subst 2000 No 32, Sch 1 [8]. Am 2012 No 103, Sch 3 [2] [11]. |
Sec 14 |
Am 1995 No 91, Sch 1 [5] [6]; 2009 No 38, Sch 1 [6]; 2010 No 117, Sch 1 [7] [8]; 2012 No 103, Sch 3 [14]; 2018 No 59, Sch 1 [8]. |
Sec 15 |
Subst 2010 No 117, Sch 1 [9]. Am 2012 No 103, Sch 3 [2]; 2018 No 59, Sch 1 [9]; 2020 No 37, Sch 2.6; 2024 No 78, Sch 1[6]. |
Sec 16 |
Am 2012 No 103, Sch 3 [15]. |
Sec 17 |
Am 2010 No 117, Sch 1 [10]; 2012 No 103, Sch 3 [13]; 2015 No 15, Sch 1.25 [3]. |
Sec 18 |
Am 1990 No 108, Sch 1; 1995 No 91, Sch 1 [7]–[10]; 2005 No 80, Sch 1 [2]; 2006 No 94, Sch 3.33 [3]. Subst 2010 No 117, Sch 1 [11]. |
Sec 19 |
Am 2000 No 32, Sch 1 [9]; 2009 No 38, Sch 1 [7]; 2010 No 117, Sch 1 [12]; 2012 No 103, Sch 3 [2] [16]. |
Sec 20 |
Am 1995 No 91, Sch 1 [11]; 2012 No 103, Sch 3 [17]. |
Part 2, Div 1, Subdiv 5 |
Ins 2009 No 38, Sch 1 [8]. |
Sec 20A |
Ins 2009 No 38, Sch 1 [8]. Am 2010 No 46, Sch 2.3 [2]. Subst 2010 No 117, Sch 1 [13]. Am 2012 No 103, Sch 3 [13]. Subst 2015 No 15, Sch 1.25 [5]. Am 2016 No 27, Sch 1.27 [1] [2]; 2022 No 80, Sch 5.3[1] [2]. |
Sec 20B |
Ins 2009 No 38, Sch 1 [8]. Am 2012 No 103, Sch 3 [2] [16]; 2022 No 80, Sch 5.3[3]. |
Part 2, Div 2, heading |
Am 2012 No 103, Sch 3 [16]. |
Sec 21 |
Am 2000 No 32, Sch 1 [10]; 2012 No 103, Sch 3 [16] [17]. |
Sec 22 |
Am 2000 No 32, Sch 1 [11]–[14]; 2010 No 117, Sch 1 [14]; 2012 No 103, Sch 3 [12] [16] [18] [19]. |
Sec 23 |
Am 2012 No 103, Sch 3 [12] [16] [20] [21]. |
Sec 24 |
Subst 1995 No 91, Sch 1 [12]. Am 1997 No 147, Sch 1.24 [1]; 2005 No 80, Sch 1 [3]; 2012 No 103, Sch 3 [12] [16]. |
Sec 25 |
Am 2000 No 32, Sch 1 [15]; 2010 No 117, Sch 1 [15]; 2012 No 103, Sch 3 [2] [12] [16] [22] [23]. |
Sec 26 |
Am 1995 No 91, Sch 1 [13] [14]; 2005 No 80, Sch 1 [4]; 2006 No 94, Sch 3.33 [4]; 2012 No 103, Sch 3 [12] [16] [24]. |
Sec 28 |
Am 1995 No 91, Sch 1 [15]; 2000 No 32, Sch 1 [16] [17]; 2012 No 103, Sch 3 [25]–[27]; 2023 No 42, Sch 5[3]. |
Sec 29 |
Am 2012 No 103, Sch 3 [12] [28] [29]. |
Sec 30 |
Subst 1995 No 91, Sch 1 [16]; 1997 No 147, Sch 1.24 [2]. Am 2005 No 80, Sch 1 [5]; 2012 No 103, Sch 3 [12] [16]. |
Sec 31 |
Am 2000 No 32, Sch 1 [18]; 2010 No 117, Sch 1 [16]; 2012 No 103, Sch 3 [2] [12] [30]. |
Sec 32 |
Am 2012 No 103, Sch 3 [31]. |
Sec 32A |
Ins 1995 No 91, Sch 1 [17]. Am 1997 No 65, Sch 4.24 [2]; 2005 No 88, Sch 2; 2010 No 117, Sch 1 [17]; 2012 No 103, Sch 3 [12] [32]; 2018 No 59, Sch 1 [10]. |
Sec 34 |
Am 2010 No 119, Sch 3.12; 2018 No 59, Sch 1 [11]. |
Sec 37 |
Am 1995 No 91, Sch 1 [18]. |
Sec 37A |
Ins 1995 No 91, Sch 1 [19]. Am 2000 No 32, Sch 1 [19]. |
Secs 37B–37E |
Ins 1995 No 91, Sch 1 [19]. |
Sec 37F |
Ins 1995 No 91, Sch 1 [19]. Am 2018 No 59, Sch 1 [12]. |
Sec 40 |
Am 1996 No 89, Sch 1.3 [1]. |
Sec 42 |
Am 2018 No 59, Sch 1 [13]; 2019 No 1, Sch 1.19. |
Sec 43 |
Am 1990 No 48, Sch 1; 1990 No 108, Sch 1; 1995 No 91, Sch 1 [20]–[27]; 1997 No 65, Sch 4.24 [3]; 2005 No 80, Sch 1 [6]; 2006 No 94, Sch 3.33 [5]; 2009 No 90, Sch 2.2; 2012 No 103, Sch 3 [33] [34]; 2018 No 59, Sch 1 [14]; 2024 No 78, Sch 1[7]. |
Sec 46 |
Rep 2000 No 32, Sch 1 [20]. |
Sec 47 |
Subst 2000 No 32, Sch 1 [21]. |
Sec 48 |
Am 2000 No 32, Sch 1 [22]–[29]; 2023 No 42, Sch 5[4] [5]; 2024 No 78, Sch 1[8]. |
Sec 48A |
Ins 2000 No 32, Sch 1 [30]. Am 2012 No 103, Sch 3 [12] [16]. |
Sec 49 |
Am 2023 No 42, Sch 5[6]. |
Sec 49A |
Ins 2000 No 32, Sch 1 [31]. |
Part 3, Div 3, heading |
Am 2013 No 62, Sch 1 [1]. |
Sec 50 |
Am 1990 No 16, Sch 2; 1990 No 48, Sch 1; 2010 No 117, Sch 1 [18]; 2013 No 62, Sch 1 [2] [3]. |
Sec 51 |
Am 2005 No 80, Sch 1 [7]; 2006 No 94, Sch 3.33 [3]. Subst 2010 No 117, Sch 1 [19]; 2013 No 62, Sch 1 [4]. Am 2018 No 59, Sch 1 [15]. |
Sec 52 |
Am 1995 No 91, Sch 1 [28] [29]; 2024 No 78, Sch 1[9]. |
Sec 53 |
Am 1990 No 48, Sch 1; 1994 No 13, Sch 4; 1995 No 13, Sch 4.30; 1995 No 91, Sch 1 [30]; 2005 No 80, Sch 1 [8]; 2006 No 58, Sch 2.54; 2006 No 84, Sch 2.15; 2006 No 94, Sch 3.33 [6]; 2012 No 103, Sch 3 [35]; 2018 No 59, Sch 1 [16]–[18]; 2023 No 42, Sch 5[7]. |
Sec 54 |
Am 1991 No 94, Sch 2. |
Sec 57 |
Am 2018 No 59, Sch 1 [19]; 2023 No 42, Sch 5[8]. |
Sec 59 |
Subst 2002 No 92, Sch 4.9. Am 2023 No 42, Sch 5[9]. |
Sec 60 |
Rep 2023 No 42, Sch 5[10]. |
Part 3A |
Ins 1994 No 23, Sch 1 (1). |
Sec 60A |
Ins 1994 No 23, Sch 1 (1). Am 1996 No 121, Sch 4.48; 2012 No 103, Sch 3 [36]–[39]; 2018 No 59, Sch 1 [20]. |
Sec 60AA |
Ins 2018 No 59, Sch 1 [21]. |
Sec 60B |
Ins 1994 No 23, Sch 1 (1). Am 2018 No 59, Sch 1 [22]. |
Sec 60C |
Ins 1994 No 23, Sch 1 (1). |
Sec 60D |
Ins 1994 No 23, Sch 1 (1). Am 2012 No 95, Sch 2.35; 2018 No 59, Sch 1 [23]–[28]; 2023 No 42, Sch 5[11]–[13]. |
Sec 60E |
Ins 1994 No 23, Sch 1 (1). |
Sec 60F |
Ins 1994 No 23, Sch 1 (1). Am 2006 No 120, Sch 2.86. |
Secs 60G–60K |
Ins 1994 No 23, Sch 1 (1). |
Sec 60KA |
Ins 1995 No 91, Sch 1 [31]. Am 2010 No 117, Sch 1 [20]; 2012 No 103, Sch 3 [12]; 2018 No 59, Sch 1 [29]–[33]. |
Sec 60L (previously sec 60A) |
Ins 1990 No 48, Sch 1. Renumbered 1994 No 23, Sch 1 (2). Am 1995 No 91, Sch 1 [32]; 2002 No 115, Sch 2 [1] [2]; 2011 No 62, Sch 3.33; 2018 No 59, Sch 1 [29] [34]. |
Sec 60M |
Ins 2024 No 78, Sch 1[11]. |
Sec 61 |
Rep 1995 No 91, Sch 1 [33]. Ins 1995 No 91, Sch 1 [34]. Am 2000 No 32, Sch 1 [32]; 2002 No 115, Sch 2 [3] [4]; 2010 No 117, Sch 1 [21]; 2018 No 59, Sch 1 [29] [34]–[36]. |
Sec 61A |
Ins 1995 No 91, Sch 1 [34]. Am 2018 No 59, Sch 1 [37]. |
Sec 61AA |
Ins 2010 No 117, Sch 1 [22]. |
Sec 61B |
Ins 1995 No 91, Sch 1 [34]. Am 2018 No 59, Sch 1 [29] [37] [38]. |
Sec 61C |
Ins 1995 No 91, Sch 1 [34]. Am 2018 No 59, Sch 1 [37]. |
Sec 61D |
Ins 1995 No 91, Sch 1 [34]. Am 2018 No 59, Sch 1 [29] [39]. |
Sec 61E |
Ins 1995 No 91, Sch 1 [34]. Subst 2018 No 59, Sch 1 [40]. |
Sec 62 |
Am 1991 No 94, Sch 2; 2012 No 103, Sch 3 [12]; 2018 No 59, Sch 1 [41]. |
Sec 62A |
Ins 1995 No 91, Sch 1 [35]. Am 2000 No 32, Sch 1 [33]; 2018 No 59, Sch 1 [29] [34]. |
Sec 62B |
Ins 1996 No 89, Sch 1.3 [2]. |
Sec 63A |
Ins 2000 No 32, Sch 1 [34]. Am 2010 No 117, Sch 1 [23]–[25]; 2015 No 15, Sch 1.25 [6]; 2018 No 59, Sch 1 [42]. |
Sec 63AA |
Ins 2015 No 15, Sch 1.25 [7]. Am 2024 No 78, Sch 1[12]. |
Sec 63B |
Ins 2005 No 80, Sch 1 [9]. Am 2006 No 94, Sch 3.33 [7] [8]; 2013 No 108, Sch 2.3. |
Sec 64A |
Ins 2010 No 117, Sch 1 [26]. |
Sec 66 |
Am 2007 No 94, Sch 4. |
Sec 69 |
Rep 1990 No 108, Sch 1. |
Sch 1, heading |
Subst 2009 No 38, Sch 1 [9]. Rep 2010 No 117, Sch 1 [27]. |
Sch 1 |
Am 1995 No 91, Sch 1 [36]; 1996 No 30, Sch 2.26; 1999 No 94, sec 7 (2) and Sch 5, Part 2; 2009 No 38, Sch 1 [9]–[12]. Rep 2010 No 117, Sch 1 [27]. |
Sch 2 |
Am 2009 No 38, Sch 1 [13]; 2012 No 103, Sch 3 [12]; 2015 No 15, Sch 1.25 [8]; 2018 No 59, Sch 1 [43] [44]. |
Sch 3 |
Am 1995 No 91, Sch 1 [37]. |
Sch 4 |
Am 1994 No 23, Sch 1 (3); 1995 No 91, Sch 1 [38] [39]; 2000 No 32, Sch 1 [35] [36]; 2008 No 8, Sch 1 [1] [2]; 2009 No 38, Sch 1 [14]; 2010 No 46, Sch 2.3 [3] [4]; 2010 No 117, Sch 1 [28] [29]; 2011 No 62, Sch 1.19; 2012 No 103, Sch 3 [40] [41]; 2018 No 59, Sch 1 [45]. |
The whole Act |
Am 1995 No 91, Sch 1 [3] (“State Rescue and Emergency Services Board” omitted wherever occurring, “State Rescue Board” inserted instead). |
State Emergency and Rescue Management Bill 1989
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Assent: 14 December 1989 | 1989 No 165 |