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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

13: Membership of Civil Defence Emergency Management Groups

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"Who helps keep your community safe in an emergency?"

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You are part of a community that has a local authority, and this authority must be a member of a Civil Defence Emergency Management Group. This Group helps keep you and your community safe during emergencies. Every local authority in New Zealand must be part of one of these Groups.

When a Group has members, it can only have one regional council unless a merger has been approved under section 21. But if two unitary authorities border each other, they can be part of the same Group. This helps them work together to keep their communities safe.

Each local authority in a Group must have one person representing them, and this person is usually the mayor or chairperson of that local authority. This person can also be an elected person who has been given the authority to act for the mayor or chairperson. This representative helps make decisions for their local authority in the Group.

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Civil Defence Emergency Management Groups

13Membership of Civil Defence Emergency Management Groups

  1. Every local authority must be a member of a Civil Defence Emergency Management Group.

  2. No Group may have more than 1 regional council as a member unless a merger has been approved under section 21.

  3. Despite subsection (2), unitary authorities that border one another may be members of the same Group.

  4. Each local authority that is a member of a Group with other local authorities must be represented on the Group by 1, and only 1, person, being the mayor or chairperson of that local authority or an elected person from that local authority who has delegated authority to act for the mayor or chairperson.

Notes
  • Section 13(4): amended, on , by section 262 of the Local Government Act 2002 (2002 No 84).