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Emergency Management Bill (No 2)

Emergency management system planning - National emergency management plan

82: National emergency management plan

You could also call this:

"New Zealand's Plan for Managing National Emergencies"

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The Governor-General can make a national emergency management plan. You will see this plan made by Order in Council on the Minister's recommendation. The plan must include what hazards and risks New Zealand faces and how they will be managed. The plan must also state its objectives and how they relate to the national emergency management strategy. You will see the plan include how emergency management will be co-ordinated during a state of national emergency. It must also state how long the plan will be in force. Before the Minister recommends the plan, they must be satisfied it is consistent with the national emergency management strategy. The plan may allow a person to use a power stated in section 130. An order made under this section is secondary legislation, which means it is a type of law, and you can find out more about this in Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019. The order comes into force 28 days after it is published, unless a later date is specified. It remains in effect for the period stated in the order, or until it is replaced. You can find more information about when laws come into force in the Legislation Act 2019.

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National emergency management plan

82National emergency management plan

  1. The Governor-General may, by Order in Council made on the recommendation of the Minister, make regulations providing for a national emergency management plan.

  2. The national plan must state and provide for—

  3. the hazards and risks to be managed at the national level:
    1. the emergency management necessary at the national level to manage the hazards and risks:
      1. the objectives of the plan and the relationship of each objective to the national emergency management strategy:
        1. the co-ordination of emergency management during a state of national emergency or a national transition period:
          1. the period for which the plan remains in force.

            1. Before recommending the making of a national plan, the Minister must be satisfied that the plan is consistent with the national emergency management strategy.

            2. The national plan may authorise a person to exercise the power in section 130.

            3. An order made under this section—

            4. is secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements); and
              1. despite section 26 of that Act, comes into force 28 days after the order is published or on a later date (if any) specified in the order; and
                1. remains in effect for the period specified in the order, but if the order is not replaced before the close of that period it remains in effect until replaced.

                  Compare
                  • 2002 No 33 ss 39, 42
                  Notes