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Fire and Emergency New Zealand Act 2017

Emergencies, fire control, industry brigades, water supply, and evacuation schemes - Operational functions, duties, and powers - Functions, duties, and powers in emergencies

50: Duty to provide reports to hazardous substance agencies

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"FENZ must report on emergencies with hazardous substances to the EPA and other agencies."

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You need to know what Fire and Emergency New Zealand (FENZ) must do. FENZ must give a report to the EPA and other agencies every 12 months. The report must include details of emergencies with hazardous substances that FENZ attended, following its main functions under section 11. The report must also say if staff from other agencies attended the emergency and the total cost of FENZ's responses.

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Operational functions, duties, and powers: Functions, duties, and powers in emergencies

50Duty to provide reports to hazardous substance agencies

  1. FENZ must, at least once every 12 months, provide a report to the EPA and any other relevant hazardous substance agency in accordance with this section.

  2. The report, for the period that it covers, must—

  3. include the details of hazardous substance emergencies attended by FENZ in accordance with its main functions under section 11; and
    1. state whether staff from any hazardous substance agency attended the hazardous substance emergency; and
      1. state the total cost of FENZ’s responses to hazardous substance emergencies that FENZ attended.