Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002

Civil defence emergency management planning and civil defence emergency management duties - General duties of government departments and others

58: Departments and interdepartmental ventures to prepare plans to continue functioning during and after emergency

You could also call this:

"Government departments must have a plan to keep working during emergencies"

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When there is an emergency, you want the government to keep working. The government departments must make sure they can still do their jobs, even if it is not as well as they usually do. They have to be ready to show their plan for keeping things running during and after an emergency to the Director if they are asked for it.

You can find more information about this in the Public Service Act. The government departments have to be prepared so they can help people during an emergency. They must have a plan to keep working, and they must share this plan with the Director when they are asked to.

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57: Minor changes to plan, or

"Making small changes to an emergency plan without a full review"

59: Departments and others to undertake civil defence emergency management functions and responsibilities, or

"Government groups and services must work together to help during emergencies"

Part 3Civil defence emergency management planning and civil defence emergency management duties
General duties of government departments and others

58Departments and interdepartmental ventures to prepare plans to continue functioning during and after emergency

Every department must—
ensure that it is able to function to the fullest possible extent, even though this may be at a reduced level, during and after an emergency:
make available to the Director in writing, on request, its plan for functioning during and after an emergency.

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1983 No 46 s 43

Notes

Section 58 heading: amended, on 7 August 2020, by section 135 of the Public Service Act 2020 (2020 No 40).