Special exemptions for emergency services workers from interstate or overseas
158 Special exemptions for emergency services workers from interstate or overseas
Subsection (2) applies if an emergency services worker is deployed from an interstate or overseas location in the following circumstances—
to assist the response to a disaster situation;
to respond to a significant fire event.
The emergency services worker is exempt from the requirement to hold a working with children authority under this Act.
The exemption applies—
for a disaster situation declared under the Disaster Management Act 2003, section 64(1)—for the duration of the disaster situation under section 66 of that Act; or
for a disaster situation declared under the Disaster Management Act 2003, section 69—for the duration of the disaster situation under section 71 of that Act; or
for a significant fire event—for the period of the state of fire emergency under the Fire Services Act 1990, section 145V.
This section does not limit section 156(4)(a).
In this section—disaster situation see the Disaster Management Act 2003, schedule.emergency service means an interstate or overseas entity that performs emergency services equivalent to—
Marine Rescue Queensland, established under the Marine Rescue Queensland Act 2024, section 6; or
Queensland Fire and Rescue, established under the Fire Services Act 1990, section 8(1); or
Rural Fire Service Queensland, established under the Fire Services Act 1990, section 8(2); or
the State Emergency Service, established under the State Emergency Service Act 2024, section 6.
emergency services worker means a person employed or engaged as an officer, employee or volunteer of an emergency service.significant fire event means an event the subject of a state of fire emergency declaration under the Fire Services Act 1990, section 145T.
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