Term used: FES Ministerial Body
4 Term used: FES Ministerial Body
In this Division —
FES Ministerial Body means the body corporate of that name established by section 5.
[Section 4 inserted: No. 22 of 2012 s. 7.]
5. FES Ministerial Body, nature of etc.
The FES Ministerial Body is established.
The FES Ministerial Body is a body corporate with perpetual succession.
Proceedings may be taken by or against the FES Ministerial Body in its corporate name.
The FES Ministerial Body is to be governed by the Minister.
The FES Ministerial Body has the status, immunities and privileges of the Crown.
[Section 5 inserted: No. 22 of 2012 s. 7.]
6. FES Ministerial Body, purpose and effect of acts of etc.
The FES Ministerial Body is established to provide a body corporate through which the Minister can perform any of the Minister’s functions under the emergency services Acts that can more conveniently be performed by a body corporate than an individual.
Any acts or things done through the FES Ministerial Body as described in subsection (1) are to be regarded as —
services under the control of the Department for the purposes of the Financial Management Act 2006 section 52; and
operations of the Department for the purposes of Part 5 of that Act.
Despite the employment under the Public Sector Management Act 1994 of ministerial officers for the purpose of assisting the Minister to perform functions that the Minister performs through the FES Ministerial Body, the FES Ministerial Body and those officers are not an organisation for the purposes of that Act.
[Section 6 inserted: No. 22 of 2012 s. 7.]
The statute text is free to read above. View subscription options to unlock the case-law research tools for each provision.