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Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002

Powers in relation to transition periods

94O: Person exercising emergency powers to provide proof of identity

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"People with special emergency powers must show ID and explain their role"

If you are given special emergency powers, you must carry proof of who you are and show it if someone asks. You must also be able to explain why you have these powers and what you can do with them if someone asks. This is so people know you are allowed to be doing what you are doing.

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Part 5BPowers in relation to transition periods

94OPerson exercising emergency powers to provide proof of identity

  1. A person exercising a power conferred on him or her by this Part must—

  2. have with him or her, and produce if requested to do so, evidence of his or her identity; and
    1. if requested to do so, produce evidence of or give a general explanation of the authority under which he or she is acting and the power or powers he or she is exercising.

      Notes
      • Section 94O: inserted, at 9.59 pm on , by section 27 of the Civil Defence Emergency Management Amendment Act 2016 (2016 No 88).