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Emergency Management Bill (No 2)

Emergency management system role-holders - Other parties - Lead agencies

69: Role of lead agencies

You could also call this:

"Who helps keep you safe during an emergency?"

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You will have a lead agency to manage the response to an emergency. This agency has the main job of planning and co-ordinating the response to the emergency. The lead agency must also participate in developing emergency plans. You can expect the lead agency to keep the Director-General informed about any emergency threats. The agency must perform its duties under this proposed law. If the department is the lead agency, it has some different responsibilities during a state of national emergency. You can find more information about lead agencies in section 83. The lead agency's role is important in managing emergencies. It helps keep you and your community safe.

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Part 2Emergency management system role-holders
Other parties: Lead agencies

69Role of lead agencies

  1. In an emergency that has been caused or contributed to by a particular hazard, the lead agency for that emergency has the primary responsibility for managing the response to the emergency.

  2. The functions of a lead agency are to—

  3. plan for, and co-ordinate the response to, an emergency caused or contributed to by the hazard; and
    1. participate in developing the national emergency management plan and regional emergency management plans in relation to responding to the hazard; and
      1. keep the Director-General informed about any situation in which there is or may be an imminent threat of an emergency; and
        1. perform any function or duty imposed on it under this Act or any other enactment.

          1. If a lead agency for an emergency is the department,—

          2. subsection (2)(a) applies only in relation to or during a state of national emergency; and
            1. subsection (2)(c) does not apply.

              1. See section 83, under which lead agencies may be identified in the national emergency management plan.