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Emergency Management Bill (No 2)

Emergency management system role-holders - Regional role-holders - Authority for payment of expenses

45: Costs incurred by local authorities or water organisations in connection with emergency may be reimbursed or paid

You could also call this:

"Local authorities and water organisations can get help with emergency costs"

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If you are part of a local authority or a water organisation, you might incur costs during an emergency. You can get these costs reimbursed or paid if they meet certain criteria set out in a Government policy. This policy must have been in place before the emergency happened. You can get reimbursed for costs related to emergency management and the emergency itself. The Government can pay you back for these costs or give you public money to cover them. A water organisation is defined in the same way as in the Local Government (Water Services) Act 2025. This means that if you are a water organisation, you can also get your costs reimbursed or paid.

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Part 2Emergency management system role-holders
Regional role-holders: Authority for payment of expenses

45Costs incurred by local authorities or water organisations in connection with emergency may be reimbursed or paid

This section applies to costs that—
are incurred by a local authority or a water organisation—
1. in connection with an emergency; and
2. in respect of emergency management; and
meet the criteria for being reimbursed or paid in a Government policy that was in force before the emergency occurred.

Expenses may be incurred, without further appropriation than this section,—
to reimburse the local authority or the water organisation for those costs; or
to pay public money to meet those costs.

In this section, water organisation has the same meaning as in section 4 of the Local Government (Water Services) Act 2025.

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2002 No 33 s 115A