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Emergency Management Bill (No 2)

Emergency management system planning - National emergency management strategy

79: Procedure for amending or replacing national emergency management strategy

You could also call this:

"How to Change the National Emergency Plan"

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If a Minister wants to change or replace a national emergency management strategy, they must follow some steps. You will see the proposed changes in the Gazette and maybe other places too. The Minister will ask for your thoughts on the changes. The Minister must give people time to think about the changes and say what they think. They will also talk to people who might be interested in the changes. After that, the Minister can make the changes by signing the new strategy. The Minister gets to decide who to talk to about the changes. You can have your say on the proposed changes during the time given. The Minister will make the changes official by signing the new strategy.

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78: Review of national emergency management strategy, or

"The Minister checks and updates the national emergency plan every 10 years."

80: Matters persons must have regard to in development of emergency management plans, or

"Things to consider when making emergency plans"

Part 3Emergency management system planning
National emergency management strategy

79Procedure for amending or replacing national emergency management strategy

This section applies before the Minister amends or replaces a national emergency management strategy.
The Minister must—
publicly notify the proposed replacement strategy or the proposed amendments to the strategy by—
1. publishing a notice in the Gazette; and
2. giving any other notification that the Minister considers appropriate, having regard to the persons likely to have an interest in the proposal; and
give interested persons a reasonable time, which must be specified in the notice published under paragraph (a), to make submissions on the proposal; and
consult any persons that the Minister considers appropriate.

The Minister may make the amended or replacement national emergency management strategy by signing the amended or replacement strategy.