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Emergency Management Bill (No 2)

Emergency management system role-holders - Regional role-holders - Emergency Management Committees

32: Appointment of chairperson

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"Who can be the leader of an Emergency Management Committee"

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You can be part of an Emergency Management Committee. This committee can choose one of its members to be the chairperson. The chairperson stays in the role for a set time agreed by the committee. You need to know the chairperson's role has rules. The chairperson stops being in the role if they are no longer a committee member. There are more rules about this in the Local Government Act 2002, specifically in clause 26 of Schedule 7. This applies to some Emergency Management Committees, like those in unitary authorities, as outlined in the Local Government Act 2002.

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31: Emergency Management Committees must act consistently with national emergency management strategy, or

"Emergency committees must follow the national emergency plan"

33: Standing orders applicable at meetings of multi-member Emergency Management Committees, or

"Rules for Emergency Management Committee Meetings"

Part 2Emergency management system role-holders
Regional role-holders: Emergency Management Committees

32Appointment of chairperson

Each multi-member Emergency Management Committee may appoint one of the representatives of its members to act as chairperson.
The appointed chairperson—
holds office for the period agreed by the Committee at the time of the appointment; but
ceases to hold office if that person ceases to be a representative of a member of the Committee.

See clause 26 of Schedule 7 of the Local Government Act 2002, which applies in relation to chairpersons of unitary authority Emergency Management Committees.

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2002 No 33 s 15