Part 3Civil defence emergency management planning and civil defence emergency management duties
National civil defence emergency management plan
39National civil defence emergency management plan
The Governor-General may, by Order in Council made on the recommendation of the Minister, make a national civil defence emergency management plan.
The national civil defence emergency management plan must state and provide for—
- the hazards and risks to be managed at the national level:
- the civil defence emergency management necessary at the national level to manage the hazards and risks described under paragraph (a):
- the objectives of the plan and the relationship of each objective to the national civil defence emergency management strategy:
- the co-ordination of civil defence emergency management during a state of national emergency or a national transition period:
- the period for which the plan remains in force.
The national civil defence emergency management plan may authorise a person to exercise the power in section 88.
An order under this section is secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).
Notes
- Section 39(2)(d): amended, at 9.59 pm on , by section 18 of the Civil Defence Emergency Management Amendment Act 2016 (2016 No 88).
- Section 39(4): replaced, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).