Part 4Declaration of state of emergency
General provisions applying to declaration of state of national emergency or state of local emergency
72Termination of state of emergency
A person who is authorised to declare a state of emergency may, by declaration, terminate that state of emergency, whether or not the declaration of the state of emergency or any extension of it was made by that person.
A declaration made under subsection (1)—
- must specify the time and date on which it is made; and
- terminates the state of emergency when made.
In addition, a state of local emergency is terminated when a notice of a local transition period given by the Minister under section 94B(3) comes into force.
Compare
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Notes
- Section 72(2): replaced, on , by section 9 of the Civil Defence Emergency Management Amendment Act 2012 (2012 No 6).
- Section 72(3): inserted, at 9.59 pm on , by section 21 of the Civil Defence Emergency Management Amendment Act 2016 (2016 No 88).