South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts9—Functions and powers of SEMC
(1) SEMC has the
following functions:
(a) to
provide leadership and maintain oversight of emergency management planning in
the State;
(b) to
prepare and keep under review the State Emergency Management Plan;
(c) to
provide advice to the Minister in relation to the operation of this Act and
the management of emergencies in the State;
(d) to
undertake risk assessments relating to emergencies or potential emergencies
where SEMC thinks fit or where requested by the Minister;
(e) to
ensure that agencies and organisations with functions under the State
Emergency Management Plan are aware of those functions and are provided with
adequate information for the purpose of understanding and carrying out those
functions;
(f) to
monitor the capacity of agencies and organisations with functions under the
State Emergency Management Plan to properly carry out those functions;
(g) to
co-ordinate the development and implementation of strategies and policies
relating to emergency management (including strategies and policies developed
at a national level and agreed to by the State);
(h) if
an identified major incident, a major emergency or a disaster is declared
under this Act—to monitor and evaluate the implementation of the State
Emergency Management Plan and the response and recovery operations taken
during or following the emergency;
(i)
to perform any other functions assigned to SEMC by this
Act or by the Minister.
(2) SEMC may, for the
purposes of preparing and implementing the State Emergency Management
Plan—
(a)
create such offices as it thinks fit and appoint persons to those offices; and
(b)
assign additional functions to the State Co-ordinator and, with the approval
of the State Co-ordinator, assign functions to any Assistant State
Co-ordinators.