South Australian Current Acts

FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES ACT 2005 - SECT 72A

72A—Establishment of bushfire management committees

        (1)         The State Bushfire Coordination Committee must establish a bushfire management committee for each bushfire management area.

        (2)         The composition of a bushfire management committee will be determined by the State Bushfire Coordination Committee after consultation with the Minister (and the State Coordination Bushfire Committee will then make appointments to the committee).

        (3)         A member of a bushfire management committee will be appointed for a term determined by the State Bushfire Coordination Committee on conditions approved by the Minister and, at the expiration of a term of appointment, is eligible for reappointment.

        (4)         The State Bushfire Coordination Committee may remove a member of a bushfire management committee from office for any reasonable cause.

        (5)         The office of a member of a bushfire management committee becomes vacant if the member—

            (a)         dies; or

            (b)         completes a term of office and is not reappointed; or

            (c)         resigns by written notice to the State Bushfire Coordination Committee; or

            (d)         is removed from office under subsection (4).

        (6)         On the office of a member becoming vacant, a person must be appointed in accordance with this Act to the vacant office.

        (7)         The State Bushfire Coordination Committee may appoint a suitable person to be a deputy of a member of a bushfire management committee.

        (8)         The State Bushfire Coordination Committee will determine the quorum of a bushfire management committee.

        (9)         A bushfire management committee must comply with any requirement of the State Bushfire Coordination Committee relating to the conduct of its business but otherwise may determine its own procedures.