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Emergency Management Bill (No 2)

Emergency management system planning - National emergency management plan

86: Preparation and approval of proposal relating to review of national emergency management plan

You could also call this:

"Planning for Emergency Changes: Minister Reviews Proposal"

Illustration for Emergency Management Bill (No 2)

The Minister will look at a proposal about changing the national emergency management plan. You need to know the Director-General develops this proposal. The Director-General must talk to communities that might be badly affected in an emergency. The Director-General also talks to Māori to understand their views and gets advice from them. They consult people who would have roles in the new plan. When the proposal is ready, it goes to the Minister. The Minister talks to other Ministers about the proposal and decides what to do. They can approve the proposal or send it back to the Director-General to rethink it. If it is sent back, the Director-General must reconsider and submit a new proposal to the Minister. The Director-General resubmits the proposal as soon as they can after getting feedback from the Minister. You can see how the Minister and Director-General work together on the proposal. This is part of the proposed Emergency Management Bill (No 2).

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Part 3Emergency management system planning
National emergency management plan

86Preparation and approval of proposal relating to review of national emergency management plan

  1. The Minister must consider and approve a proposal developed by the Director-General.

  2. In developing the proposal, the Director-General must—

  3. identify any communities that the Director-General considers will or are likely to be a disproportionately affected community in an emergency and engage with representatives of those communities; and
    1. engage with and seek advice on Māori interests and knowledge to inform the development of the proposal; and
      1. consult persons and agencies who would have roles and responsibilities under any new or amended national emergency management plan that is being proposed.

        1. When the proposal is submitted to the Minister for consideration, the Minister must—

        2. consult other relevant Ministers about the proposal; and
          1. determine to either—
            1. approve the proposal; or
              1. refer it back to the Director-General for reconsideration, together with the Minister’s reasons for referring it back.

              2. On receiving a referral under subsection (3)(b)(ii), the Director-General must reconsider the proposal and, as soon as is reasonably practicable, submit a revised proposal to the Minister for approval.