Fire Services Act 1990

The Emergency Management Fund is established.

Accounts for the fund must be kept as part of the departmental accounts of the department.

Amounts received for the fund must be deposited in a departmental financial institution account of the department but may be deposited in an account used for depositing other amounts of the department.

Amounts received for the fund include the following received by the department—

amounts received for prescribed property as contributions under division 3;

amounts received by the department from other sources for the fund or amounts that must be paid into the fund;

amounts received for the disposal of an asset that the commissioner considers was purchased substantially with amounts paid from the fund or the QFRA Fund;

interest from investment of the fund.

An amount is payable from the fund for—

the purposes of this Act; or

the management, by the fire services or another entity administered or funded wholly or partly by the State, of the adverse effects or potential adverse effects of an incident or event.

Example of management for paragraph (b)—making arrangements for mitigating the effects of, preparing for, responding to and recovering from an event

The Financial Accountability Act 2009 applies to the fund.

In this section—departmental accounts, of the department, means the accounts of the department under the Financial Accountability Act 2009, section 69.departmental financial institution account, of the department, means an account of the department kept under the Financial Accountability Act 2009, section 83.event see the Disaster Management Act 2003.other amounts, of the department, means amounts received by the department other than amounts received for the fund.QFRA Fund means the QFRA Fund mentioned in the Financial Administration and Audit Act 1977, schedule 2, immediately before the commencement of the Emergency Services Legislation Amendment Act 2001.