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Emergency Management Bill (No 2)

Emergency management system role-holders - Regional role-holders - Appointment of Regional Controllers, District Controllers, and Local Controllers

53: Appointment of Regional Controllers for unitary authority Emergency Management Committees

You could also call this:

"Who gets to be in charge of emergency decisions in your area"

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You will have a Regional Controller for your unitary authority Emergency Management Committee. The Committee can choose the chief executive for this role if they are qualified. If not, the chief executive must choose someone else who is qualified. You need a Regional Controller to make big decisions. The chief executive must also choose someone to fill in if the Regional Controller is away. This fill-in person must be qualified to make these big decisions. The chief executive has to make sure there is always someone to make these decisions. They must choose a qualified person to be in charge when the Regional Controller is not available.

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52: Appointment of District Controllers for multi-member Emergency Management Committees, or

"Who gets chosen to be in charge of emergencies in your area"

54: Appointment of Local Controllers for unitary authority Emergency Management Committees, or

"Who can be in charge of emergency management in your local area"

Part 2Emergency management system role-holders
Regional role-holders: Appointment of Regional Controllers, District Controllers, and Local Controllers

53Appointment of Regional Controllers for unitary authority Emergency Management Committees

This section provides for the appointment of the Regional Controller, and persons who may act in the role of the Regional Controller when needed, for a unitary authority Emergency Management Committee.
If the Emergency Management Committee considers that the chief executive of the unitary authority is a suitably qualified and experienced person to be the Regional Controller for the Committee’s area, the Committee may appoint the chief executive as the Regional Controller for the area.
If the chief executive is not appointed under subsection (2), the chief executive must appoint a suitably qualified and experienced person to be a Regional Controller for the area.
The chief executive must appoint at least 1 suitably qualified and experienced person to act in the role of the Regional Controller for the area for the duration of any vacancy in the office or absence from duty of the Regional Controller.

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2002 No 33 s 26