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Emergency Management Bill (No 2)

Emergency management system planning - National emergency management plan

87: Public notification of proposed national emergency management plan

You could also call this:

"Telling the public about a new emergency plan"

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The Minister has to tell the public about a proposed new national emergency management plan. You will be able to see the plan on the internet or at the Director-General's office. The Minister must also say where you can buy a copy of the plan. The Minister has to give the plan to the House of Representatives at least 90 days before making any decisions. When the Minister tells the public about the plan, they must include some important details. You will be able to make a submission about the plan in writing to the Minister. If you make a submission, you should say what you like and dislike about the plan. You should also give reasons for your opinions and suggest any alternative ideas. The Minister will tell you where you can find the plan and how to make a submission. The Minister cannot use a certain part of the Copyright Act to put the plan on the internet. This is so the Minister can make the plan available to you without breaking any rules.

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Part 3Emergency management system planning
National emergency management plan

87Public notification of proposed national emergency management plan

  1. The Minister must—

  2. publicly notify the proposal by—
    1. publishing a notice in the Gazette and on an internet site maintained by or on behalf of the Director-General; and
      1. giving any other notification that the Minister considers appropriate, having regard to the persons likely to have an interest in the proposal; and
      2. make copies of any proposed new national plan, or amendments to the plan, available for inspection at the office of the Director-General, free of charge, for a reasonable period; and
        1. state where copies of any proposed new national plan, or amendments to the plan, are available for purchase; and
          1. make any proposed new national plan, or amendments to the plan, available, free of charge, on an internet site maintained by or on behalf of the Director-General or provide a link to another internet site where that material is published (except any parts of the material where making it available in this manner would infringe copyright).

            1. The Minister must present the proposal to the House of Representatives at least 90 days before making the recommendation.

            2. Every notice under this section must include—

            3. a description of the proposal:
              1. a statement that submissions on the proposal may be made in writing to the Minister by any person:
                1. a closing date for submissions (which must not be earlier than 40 working days after the notification under this section):
                  1. a statement that every submission should state—
                    1. those aspects of the proposal that the submission supports; and
                      1. those aspects of the proposal that the submission opposes; and
                        1. the reasons for the support and opposition identified; and
                          1. any specific alternatives to the proposal that the person making the submission wishes to recommend:
                          2. a list of places where a copy of any proposed new national plan, or amendments to the plan, may be purchased or inspected:
                            1. an address for submissions.

                              1. For the purposes of subsection (1)(d), the Minister may not rely on section 66 of the Copyright Act 1994 as authority to make available on an internet site any material that is proposed to be incorporated by reference.

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                              • 2002 No 33 s 41