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Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002

Appointment, functions, and powers of persons involved in civil defence emergency management - Civil Defence Emergency Management Groups

12: Local authorities to establish Civil Defence Emergency Management Groups

You could also call this:

"Councils must work together to create a Civil Defence Emergency Management Group to help keep people safe."

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When a new law starts, local councils must work together to create a Civil Defence Emergency Management Group within six months. You will find the rules for this in the Local Government Act 2002, under clause 30(1)(b) of Schedule 7. A unitary authority must set up its own group, following clause 30(1)(a) of Schedule 7 of the Local Government Act 2002.

If a unitary authority wants, it can join with another unitary authority or a regional council to create a group, using clause 30(1)(b) of Schedule 7 of the Local Government Act 2002. You can find more information about this in the Local Government Act 2002. The rules for groups are set out in the Local Government Act 2002.

Some rules, like clause 30(5) or (7) of Schedule 7 of the Local Government Act 2002, do not apply to Civil Defence Emergency Management Groups. This means that the group cannot be disbanded or changed during a local government term. The Minister of Local Government does not have to be a member of a Civil Defence Emergency Management Group.

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Part 2Appointment, functions, and powers of persons involved in civil defence emergency management
Civil Defence Emergency Management Groups

12Local authorities to establish Civil Defence Emergency Management Groups

  1. Within 6 months after the date of the commencement of this Act,—

  2. every regional council and every territorial authority within that region must unite to establish a Civil Defence Emergency Management Group for the purposes of this Act as a joint standing committee under clause 30(1)(b) of Schedule 7 of the Local Government Act 2002:
    1. subject to paragraph (c), a unitary authority must establish a Civil Defence Emergency Management Group for the purposes of this Act as a committee under clause 30(1)(a) of Schedule 7 of the Local Government Act 2002:
      1. instead of establishing a Civil Defence Emergency Management Group in accordance with paragraph (b), a unitary authority may unite with a unitary authority or unitary authorities that border it, or a regional council that borders it, or all or any of them, to establish a Civil Defence Emergency Management Group for the purposes of this Act as a joint standing committee under clause 30(1)(b) of Schedule 7 of the Local Government Act 2002.

        1. If subsection (1)(b) applies and subsection (1)(c) does not apply, a unitary authority is a Group rather than a member of a Group for the purposes of this Act.

        2. Clause 30(5) or (7) of Schedule 7 of the Local Government Act 2002 must not be read as permitting, during a term of local government or as a consequence of a local government election, the discharge or reconstitution of a Civil Defence Emergency Management Group established for the purposes of this Act.

        3. Nothing in this section requires the Minister of Local Government to be a member of a Civil Defence Emergency Management Group.

        Notes
        • Section 12(1)(a): amended, on , by section 262 of the Local Government Act 2002 (2002 No 84).
        • Section 12(1)(b): replaced, at 9.59 pm on , by section 9(1) of the Civil Defence Emergency Management Amendment Act 2016 (2016 No 88).
        • Section 12(1)(c): amended, on , by section 262 of the Local Government Act 2002 (2002 No 84).
        • Section 12(1A): inserted, at 9.59 pm on , by section 9(2) of the Civil Defence Emergency Management Amendment Act 2016 (2016 No 88).
        • Section 12(2): amended, on , by section 4 of the Civil Defence Emergency Management Amendment Act 2012 (2012 No 6).
        • Section 12(2): amended, on , by section 262 of the Local Government Act 2002 (2002 No 84).