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Emergency Management Bill (No 2)

Emergency management system role-holders - Regional role-holders - Emergency Management Committees

23: Emergency Management Committees

You could also call this:

"Groups that help in emergencies will keep working and follow special rules."

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If this proposed law comes into effect, groups that already exist to manage emergencies will keep working as Emergency Management Committees. They will follow certain rules outlined in clauses 9(1)(a) and (b) and 11 of Schedule 1. You can find these rules at clauses 9(1)(a) and (b) and 11 of Schedule 1. When local government elections happen, some rules in the Local Government Act 2002 will not apply to these Emergency Management Committees. Specifically, Clause 30(5) or (7) of Schedule 7 of the Local Government Act 2002 will not affect them.

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Government and voting > Emergency managementEnvironment and resources > Emergency management

22: Provisions relating to delegation of Director-General’s functions, or

"Rules for when the Director-General gives someone a job to do"

24: Members of Emergency Management Committees, or

"Who is on an Emergency Management Committee?"

Part 2Emergency management system role-holders
Regional role-holders: Emergency Management Committees

23Emergency Management Committees

Civil Defence Emergency Management Groups in existence under the Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002 immediately before the commencement of this Act continue in existence as Emergency Management Committees in accordance with clauses 9(1)(a) and (b) and 11 of Schedule 1.
Clause 30(5) or (7) of Schedule 7 of the Local Government Act 2002 must not be read as permitting, during a term of local government or as a consequence of a local government election, the discharge or reconstitution of an Emergency Management Committee maintained for the purposes of this Act.

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2002 No 33 s 12