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Emergency Management Bill (No 2)

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

27: Functions of multi-member Emergency Management Committees

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"What a multi-member Emergency Management Committee does"

Illustration for Emergency Management Bill (No 2)

If this bill becomes law, a multi-member Emergency Management Committee will have several jobs. You will see them take the lead in identifying and assessing hazards and risks in their area. They will also co-ordinate the management of those hazards and risks. They will identify and implement cost-effective risk reduction and assist each member of the Committee. You will see them ensure that suitably trained and competent personnel are available for effective emergency management. They will respond to and manage the adverse effects of emergencies and plan for recovery activities. In the event of an emergency, they will carry out recovery activities and assist other Committees when requested. They will promote and raise public awareness of this Act and relevant legislation, including the legislation in Schedule 2. They will monitor and report on compliance with this Act and develop a regional emergency management plan. They will participate in the development of the national emergency management strategy and promote emergency management in their area. A multi-member Emergency Management Committee may also have other functions under this Act or other laws.

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Regional role-holders: Emergency Management Committees

27Functions of multi-member Emergency Management Committees

  1. The functions of a multi-member Emergency Management Committee are to—

  2. do the following in relation to hazards and risks within the Committee’s area:
    1. take the lead in identifying and assessing those hazards and risks:
      1. co-ordinate the management of those hazards and risks:
        1. identify and implement cost-effective risk reduction:
          1. assist each member of the Committee to—
            1. identify and assess those hazards and risks relevant to that member:
              1. consult and communicate with the communities within that member’s region or district about those hazards and risks:
            2. ensure that suitably trained and competent personnel, including volunteers, are available and that there is an appropriate organisational structure for those personnel for effective emergency management in its area:
              1. respond to and manage the adverse effects of emergencies in its area:
                1. in advance of an emergency, plan for recovery activities in its area:
                  1. in the event of an emergency, carry out recovery activities in its area:
                    1. when requested, assist other Committees with emergency management in their areas (having regard to the competing demands for emergency management within the Committee’s own area and any requests for assistance from other Committees):
                      1. within its area, promote and raise public awareness of, and compliance with, this Act and legislative provisions relevant to the purpose of this Act (including the relevant legislation in Schedule 2):
                        1. monitor and report on compliance within its area with this Act and legislative provisions relevant to the purpose of this Act (including the relevant legislation in Schedule 2):
                          1. develop, approve, implement, and monitor a regional emergency management plan and regularly review the plan:
                            1. participate in the development of the national emergency management strategy and the national emergency management plan (including any revisions to, or replacements for, those instruments):
                              1. promote emergency management in its area that is consistent with the purpose of this Act.

                                1. A multi-member Emergency Management Committee also has any other functions that are conferred or imposed under this Act or any other enactment.

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                                • 2002 No 33 s 17