Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002

Declaration of state of emergency - General provisions applying to declaration of state of national emergency or state of local emergency

73: Form and publication of declaration of state of emergency and declaration extending or terminating state of emergency

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When you declare a state of emergency, or extend or end one, you must do it in a special form. This form is set out in regulations made under section 115, or you can use a form that is very similar. You can add extra information to the form if you need to, but it will not affect whether the declaration is valid or not. When you make a declaration, you must tell the public about it right away, using any means of communication that you can, and you must also publish it in the Gazette as soon as you can.

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72: Termination of state of emergency, or

"How a state of emergency can be stopped"

73A: Application of temporary provisions in Part 3 of Schedule 3, or

"Temporary rules that used to apply in emergencies are no longer in use."

Part 4Declaration of state of emergency
General provisions applying to declaration of state of national emergency or state of local emergency

73Form and publication of declaration of state of emergency and declaration extending or terminating state of emergency

A person who declares a state of emergency, or extends or terminates a state of emergency, must do so by a declaration in the appropriate form prescribed in regulations made under section 115, or a form of similar effect.
The validity of a declaration made under subsection (1) is not affected by the inclusion in it of any additional information not specified in the appropriate prescribed form.
A person who makes a declaration in accordance with subsection (1) must immediately give notice to the public of the declaration by any means of communication that are reasonably practicable in the circumstances of the case, and must ensure that the declaration is published in the Gazette as soon as practicable.

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