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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

18: General powers of Civil Defence Emergency Management Groups

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"What Civil Defence Emergency Management Groups can do to help keep people safe"

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A Civil Defence Emergency Management Group has the power to do what is necessary to perform its functions. You can think of functions like jobs the group needs to do. The group can also give some of its jobs to its members, the Group Controller, or other people. The group can do things like recruit and train volunteers, conduct training exercises, and issue identification passes to help it do its job.

The group can also set up warning systems, provide equipment and facilities, and do other things it needs to do during an emergency. It can exercise any other powers necessary to follow a civil defence emergency management plan. This means the group has the power to do what it needs to do to keep people safe during an emergency. You can find more information about the law that gives the group these powers by looking at the Civil Defence Act 1983.

The group's powers are important because they help it respond to emergencies and keep people safe. The group can use its powers to work with other people and organisations to respond to emergencies and help people affected by them.

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

18General powers of Civil Defence Emergency Management Groups

  1. A Civil Defence Emergency Management Group has all the powers that are reasonably necessary or expedient to enable it to perform its functions, including the power to delegate any of its functions to members, the Group Controller, or other persons.

  2. Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), a Group may—

  3. recruit and train volunteers for civil defence emergency management tasks:
    1. conduct civil defence emergency management training exercises, practices, and rehearsals:
      1. issue and control the use of signs, badges, insignia, and identification passes authorised under this Act, regulations made under this Act, or any civil defence emergency management plan:
        1. provide, maintain, control, and operate warning systems:
          1. provide communications, equipment, accommodation, and facilities for the exercise of its functions and powers during an emergency:
            1. exercise any other powers that are necessary to give effect to any civil defence emergency management plan.

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