Part 7Miscellaneous provisions
Transitional provisions
120Amendments to references in documents to civil defence personnel and entities
Unless the context otherwise requires, in any Order in Council, agreement, deed, instrument, application, notice, direction, contract, lease, or other document in force at the commencement of this Act,—
- every reference to the Director of Civil Defence, a Civil Defence Commissioner, the National Civil Defence Committee, or a Planning Committee appointed under section 21 of the Civil Defence Act 1983 is a reference to the Director of Civil Defence Emergency Management:
- every reference to a regional council or territorial authority, if the reference relates to functions, duties, or powers under the Civil Defence Act 1983, is a reference to the Civil Defence Emergency Management Group once the Group is formed for the area and the first plan for that Group becomes operative:
- every reference to Regional Controllers or Group Controllers appointed under the Civil Defence Act 1983 is a reference to a Group Controller under this Act once the first civil defence emergency management group plan for the area concerned becomes operative:
- every reference to a state of national emergency or a state of national civil defence emergency is a reference to a state of national emergency under this Act once the first national civil defence emergency management plan becomes operative:
- every reference to a state of regional civil defence emergency or a state of local civil defence emergency is a reference to a state of local emergency under this Act once the first civil defence emergency management group plan for the area concerned becomes operative.