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Emergency Management Bill (No 2)

Preliminary provisions

4: Outline of Act

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"What's in the Emergency Management Bill?"

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The proposed Emergency Management Bill is divided into 5 parts. You will find information about the purpose and definitions in the first part. It also talks about how the law will affect the government. The second part is about the people who help with emergency management. It includes national and regional role-holders, such as the Director-General of Emergency Management and local authorities. You can find more information about these roles in Part 2, subpart 1, subpart 2, and subpart 3. The third part is about planning for emergencies. It includes plans like the national emergency management strategy and regional emergency management plans. You can read about this in Part 3. The fourth part is about responding to and recovering from emergencies. It includes declaring states of emergency and the powers that can be used during these times. You can find more information in Part 4, subpart 1, subpart 2, subpart 3, and subpart 4. The fifth part is about compensation, enforcement, and appeals. It includes rules for requiring information and providing compensation for damage. You can read about this in Part 5, subpart 1, subpart 2, subpart 3, subpart 4, subpart 5, and subpart 6.

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Part 1Preliminary provisions

4Outline of Act

  1. This Act is divided into 5 Parts.

  2. This Part covers the following preliminary matters:

  3. the purpose of this Act:
    1. definitions of terms used in this Act:
      1. transitional and savings provisions needed for this Act:
        1. the extent to which this Act binds the Crown.

          1. Part 2 is about the role-holders in the emergency management system. It has the following subparts:

          2. subpart 1 provides for national role-holders, including the Director-General of Emergency Management, the National Controller, and the National Recovery Manager:
            1. subpart 2 provides for regional role-holders, including the Emergency Management Committees, Emergency Management Co-ordinating Executive Groups, local authorities, Regional Controllers and Recovery Managers, District Controllers and Recovery Managers, and Local Controllers and Recovery Managers:
              1. subpart 3 provides for the role of lead agencies, emergency services, and essential infrastructure providers.

                1. Part 3 is about the planning documents required for the emergency management system, including the national emergency management strategy, the national emergency management plan, regional emergency management plans, and essential infrastructure sector response plans.

                2. Part 4 is about emergency response and recovery. It includes the following subparts:

                3. subpart 1 provides for the declaration of states of national and local emergency:
                  1. subpart 2 provides for the powers that may be exercised during states of national and local emergency:
                    1. subpart 3 provides for the declaration of national and local transition periods:
                      1. subpart 4 provides for the powers that may be exercised during national and local transition periods.

                        1. Part 5 is about compensation, civil liability, enforcement, appeals, and secondary legislation. It includes the following subparts:

                        2. subpart 1 enables role-holders to require certain information to be provided for emergency management and sets out restrictions on the use of that information:
                          1. subpart 2 establishes a regime for compliance orders to require compliance with this Act and related secondary legislation and plans:
                            1. subpart 3 provides for offences for failing to comply with certain requirements in this Act:
                              1. subpart 4 provides for compensation for damage arising from the exercise of powers or the carrying out of actions or measures under this Act:
                                1. subpart 5 provides for the service of documents and appeals:
                                  1. subpart 6 authorises the making of regulations and rules under this Act.

                                    1. This section is for explanation only and does not affect the provisions to which it refers.