Order regarding volunteers taking part in emergency operations (2018-476) (NSW)

New South Wales

Order regarding volunteers taking part in emergency operations

under the

State Emergency and Rescue Management Act 1989

I, Gladys Berejiklian MP, Premier of the State of New South Wales, in pursuance of section 60D
of the State Emergency and Rescue Management Act 1989, do, by this my Order, direct that the
provisions of Part 3A of that Act apply to emergency operations carried out by the following
persons in connection with the emergency caused by fires in the Port Stephens and City of

Cessnock local government areas:

(a)	all volunteer rural fire fighters within the meaning of the Rural Fires Act 1997,
(b)	all volunteer emergency workers from the NSW State Emergency Service, Fire and Rescue NSW, Ambulance Service of NSW and any NSW Volunteer Rescue Association unit taking part in emergency operations in response to those fires.

This Order remains in force for 7 days from the date of its publication on the NSW legislation website (unless sooner revoked).

Dated, this 27th day of August 2018.

GLADYS BEREJIKLIAN, MP
Premier