State Emergency Service Regulations 2000 (SA)
South Australia
State Emergency Service Regulations 2000
under the State Emergency Service Act 1987
Contents
Short title
Commencement
Revocation
Interpretation
Registration of S.E.S. unit
List of members
Fee for inspection of membership list
Identity cards
Emergency officers
S.E S. members to be under control of local controller
Schedule 1—Registration of S.E.S. Unit
Schedule 2—Certificate of registration
Schedule 3—Certificate of identity
Schedule 4—Certificate of authority
Legislative history
1—Short title
These regulations may be cited as the State Emergency Service Regulations 2000.
2—Commencement
These regulations will come into operation four months after the day on which they are made (see Subordinate Legislation Act 1978 section 10AA).
3—Revocation
The State Emergency Service Regulations 1987 (see Gazette 23.12.1987 p1972) are revoked.
4—Interpretation
In these regulations—
the Act means the State Emergency Service Act 1987;
local controller in relation to an S.E.S. unit, means the person for the time being holding, or acting in, the office of local controller of the unit.
5—Registration of S.E.S. unit
An application by an organisation for registration as an S.E.S. unit must—
(a)be in the form contained in Schedule 1; and
(b)contain the information specified in the application form; and
(c)be accompanied by a copy of the constitution of the organisation and a list of its members.
On registration of an S.E.S. unit, the Director will issue the unit with a certificate of registration in the form contained in Schedule 2.
6—List of members
An S.E.S. unit must—
(a)maintain a list of the names of its members with each member's address, certificate of identity number, date of birth and date of joining the unit; and
(b)forward to the Director details of any change to the list.
7—Fee for inspection of membership list
The prescribed fee for inspection at the Service's headquarters of the constitution and membership list of an S.E.S. unit is $5.00.
8—Identity cards
The Director must issue each member of an S.E.S. unit with a certificate of identity in the form contained in Schedule 3.
A certificate of identity is valid until—
(a)the holder ceases to be a member of the unit; or
(b)the expiration of three years from the date of its issue,
whichever first occurs.
A member of an S.E.S. unit who is acting in his or her capacity as such a member must, at the request of any person, produce for the inspection of that person his or her certificate of identity.
Maximum penalty: $200.
A person must, on ceasing to be a member of an S.E.S. unit—
(a)surrender to the Director, or a person nominated by the Director, his or her certificate of identity; and
(b)surrender to the local controller all other insignia, equipment or apparel issued to him or her by the unit.
Maximum penalty: $200.
9—Emergency officers
The Director must issue each emergency officer with a certificate of authority in the form contained in Schedule 4.
An emergency officer must, at the request of a person in respect of whom, or in respect of whose property, the officer is exercising any powers under the Act, produce his or her certificate of authority for inspection.
Maximum penalty: $200.
A person must not—
(a)falsely represent that he or she is an emergency officer; or
(b)unless the person is an emergency officer, or has some form of lawful authority, wear any insignia or special apparel issued to emergency officers in circumstances where to do so would lead to a reasonable belief that he or she was an emergency officer.
Maximum penalty: $500.
A person whose appointment as an emergency officer expires or is revoked or suspended must immediately surrender his or her certificate of authority to the Director or a person nominated by the Director.
Maximum penalty: $200.
10—S.E S. members to be under control of local controller
A member of an S.E.S. unit (other than the local controller) who is an emergency officer is, while exercising any powers under the Act, subject to the control and direction of the local controller of the unit.
Schedule 1—Registration of S.E.S. Unit
Schedule 2—Certificate of registration
Schedule 3—Certificate of identity
Schedule 4—Certificate of authority
Legislative history
Notes
•For further information relating to the Act and subordinate legislation made under the Act see the Index of South Australian Statutes.
Revocation of regulations
These regulations became obsolete on the repeal of the State Emergency Service Act 1987 on 1.10.2005
Principal regulations
| Year | No | Reference | Commencement |
| 2000 | 15 | Gazette 24.2.2000 p1185 | 24.6.2000: r 2 |
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