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Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002

Civil defence emergency management planning and civil defence emergency management duties - National civil defence emergency management plan

45: Currency of national civil defence emergency management plan

You could also call this:

"How long the national emergency plan lasts and when it gets updated"

When a national civil defence emergency management plan is made under the Order in Council, it starts on a specific date. This date is at least 28 days after the plan is published under the Legislation Act 2019. You can find out more about how this plan is made by looking at section 39. The plan stays in effect for a certain period of time, which is specified in the Order in Council. If a new plan is not made before this time is up, the old plan keeps being used until it is replaced. You can think of it like a plan that helps keep you safe during emergencies, and it gets updated or replaced from time to time to make sure it stays useful.

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Part 3Civil defence emergency management planning and civil defence emergency management duties
National civil defence emergency management plan

45Currency of national civil defence emergency management plan

  1. A national civil defence emergency management plan—

  2. takes effect on the date specified in the Order in Council making the plan under section 39, which date must be no earlier than the 28th day after the date of the publication of the order under the Legislation Act 2019; and
    1. remains operative for the period specified in the Order in Council, but if the plan is not replaced before the close of that period it continues in force until replaced.

      Notes
      • Section 45(a): amended, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).