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Emergency Management Bill (No 2)

Emergency response and recovery: states of emergency and transition periods - Declaring states of emergency - Commencement, duration, extension, and termination

116: When state of emergency starts and expires

You could also call this:

"When a State of Emergency Begins and Ends"

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If a state of emergency is declared, you need to know it starts right away. It expires 7 days after it starts. You can find out more about extending or ending a state of emergency in section 117 and section 119.

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115: State of local emergency may be concurrent with national emergency declarations, or

"A local emergency can happen at the same time as a national emergency."

117: Extending duration of state of emergency, or

"When can a state of emergency be extended?"

Part 4Emergency response and recovery: states of emergency and transition periods
Declaring states of emergency: Commencement, duration, extension, and termination

116When state of emergency starts and expires

A state of emergency—
starts at the time and on the date that the state of emergency is declared; and
expires at the time and on the date that is 7 days after the state of emergency starts.

Nothing in this section prevents—
the extension of the duration of a state of emergency under section 117; or
the termination of a state of emergency under section 119.

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2002 No 33 s 70