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Emergency Management Bill (No 2)

Emergency management system planning - Local and sector plans - Regional emergency management plans

93: Reviews of regional emergency management plans

You could also call this:

"Checking and Updating Regional Emergency Plans"

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If a proposed law is passed, you will see changes to how emergency management plans are reviewed. An Emergency Management Committee must review its plan every 5 years or when the Minister tells them to. They can also review the plan at any other time. After a review, the Committee can decide to change the plan, replace it, or keep it the same. They must make this decision at a meeting and follow certain steps first, like talking to the community and notifying the public. The Committee must also send their proposal to the Minister for comment and direction, as outlined in section 97, section 94, section 95, and section 96. Other reviews do not affect the need for a 5-year review. A proposal means a suggested change to or replacement of the plan, or a plan to keep it the same.

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Part 3Emergency management system planning
Local and sector plans: Regional emergency management plans

93Reviews of regional emergency management plans

  1. An Emergency Management Committee—

  2. must review its regional emergency management plan in full at least once every 5 years (a five-yearly review); and
    1. must review the plan or part of the plan when directed to do so by the Minister under section 97; and
      1. may at any time review part of the plan.

        1. Following a review under subsection (1), the Committee may decide to—

        2. amend the plan; or
          1. replace the plan; or
            1. retain the plan in its current form.

              1. A decision under subsection (2) may be made only at a meeting of the Committee.

              2. Before the Committee makes a decision under subsection (2), the Committee must—

              3. carry out the requirements under section 94 for community engagement in developing a proposal; and
                1. follow the procedure under section 95 relating to public notification of a proposal; and
                  1. provide the proposal to the Minister for the Minister’s comments and direction in accordance with section 96.

                    1. A review undertaken under subsection (1)(b) or (c) has no effect on a Committee’s obligation to undertake a five-yearly review.

                    2. In this section and sections 94 to 96, proposal means—

                    3. the proposed amendments to, or a proposed replacement version of, a Committee’s regional plan; or
                      1. a proposal to retain the plan in its current form.

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                        • 2002 No 33 s 56