Victorian Numbered Acts Victorian Numbered Acts(1) The State Crisis and Resilience Council must develop a rolling three-year Strategic Action Plan to be submitted to the Minister for approval.
(2) In preparing the Strategic Action Plan, the State Crisis and Resilience Council may include any provisions and actions included in the fire services reform action plan which the State Crisis and Resilience Council considers are necessary or appropriate to be continued under the new emergency management governance arrangements.
(3) Without limiting the generality of subsection (2), the Strategic Action Plan must include a work program for each agency.
(4) A work program must include in respect of the agency to which it applies—
(a) things to be done, projects to be undertaken or measures to be met by the agency to enhance the agency's operational capacity and capability including, where relevant, encouraging, strengthening and maintaining the capacity and capability of volunteers and the community; and
(b) things to be done, projects to be undertaken or measures to be met, to improve the agency's capacity to operate together with other agencies in planning and preparing for the response to, and in responding to, major emergencies.
(5) The State Crisis and Resilience Council must consult with each agency in developing a work program.
(6) The State Crisis and Resilience Council must in developing a work program have regard to the resources of the agency.
(7) Before approving the Strategic Action Plan, the Minister must consult with other relevant Ministers.
(8) The Minister may approve the Strategic Action Plan.
(9) The State Crisis and Resilience Council must cause the Strategic Action Plan, as approved by the Minister, to be published on Emergency Management Victoria's Internet site.
(10) In this section and section 13, "agency" means a responder agency or the Emergency Services Telecommunications Authority.