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Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002

Miscellaneous provisions

115: Regulations

You could also call this:

"Rules made by the Governor-General to help keep people safe during emergencies"

The Governor-General can make rules for many purposes, including what badges civil defence workers wear. You need to know that these rules can also say what identification passes look like and how they are used. The Governor-General can make rules about warning systems, like sirens, and what skills people need to work in civil defence.

The Governor-General can also make rules about technical standards and training for civil defence workers. You might see rules about what activities are allowed or not allowed during an emergency. The Governor-General can make rules about the forms used for civil defence purposes, like a warrant, which is mentioned in section 79.

The Governor-General can even decide on fines of up to $500 for people who break these rules. These rules are called secondary legislation, which you can learn more about in Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.

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Part 7Miscellaneous provisions

115Regulations

  1. The Governor-General may, by Order in Council, make regulations for all or any of the following purposes:

  2. prescribing the form of distinguishing warrants, badges, or other insignia for civil defence emergency management personnel, and regulating the use and wearing of those warrants, badges, or other insignia:
    1. prescribing the form of identification passes for civil defence emergency management purposes, and regulating their use:
      1. prescribing matters relating to the provision, maintenance, control, and operation of warning systems:
        1. prescribing the level of competence or standard to be met by persons carrying out specified civil defence emergency management functions:
          1. prescribing technical standards, performance standards, operating procedures, training systems, and qualifications for the purposes of this Act:
            1. providing for the identification and promotion of civil defence emergency management services:
              1. prohibiting or regulating any activity or class of activity that may impede or adversely affect measures taken for the purpose of implementing a civil defence emergency management plan:
                1. prescribing the form of warrant for the purposes of section 79:
                  1. prescribing forms that may be used for the purposes of this Act:
                    1. prescribing fines not exceeding $500 for the breach of any regulation made under this section:
                      1. providing for any other matters contemplated by this Act, necessary for its administration, or necessary for giving it full effect.

                        1. Regulations under this section are secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).

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                        • Section 115(2): inserted, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).