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Emergency Management Bill (No 2)

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

28: Functions of unitary authority Emergency Management Committees

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"What unitary authority Emergency Management Committees do to help in emergencies"

Illustration for Emergency Management Bill (No 2)

If this bill becomes law, a unitary authority Emergency Management Committee will have to plan for emergency management in its area. You will see the Committee doing things like identifying hazards and risks, managing them, and talking to the community about them. The Committee will also make sure it has the right people and resources to handle emergencies. The Committee's job is to respond to emergencies, plan for recovery, and help other areas if needed. You can find more information about the relevant laws in Schedule 2. The Committee will also promote emergency management and make sure people follow the rules. The Committee must develop and review a regional emergency management plan and work with others on a national plan. It will also make sure emergency management in its area is consistent with the purpose of this bill. The Committee may have other jobs given to it by this bill or other laws.

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Regional role-holders: Emergency Management Committees

28Functions of unitary authority Emergency Management Committees

  1. A unitary authority Emergency Management Committee must plan and provide for emergency management within its area.

  2. The functions of the Committee are to—

  3. do the following in relation to hazards and risks within its area:
    1. identify and assess those hazards and risks:
      1. manage those hazards and risks:
        1. identify and implement cost-effective risk reduction:
          1. consult and communicate with the communities within that region or district about those hazards and risks:
          2. ensure that suitably trained and competent personnel, including volunteers, are available and there is an appropriate organisational structure for those personnel for effective emergency management in its area:
            1. take all steps necessary or desirable to maintain and provide, or to arrange the provision of, or otherwise to make available, material, services, information, and any other resources for effective emergency management:
              1. respond to and manage the adverse effects of emergencies in its area:
                1. in advance of an emergency, plan for recovery activities in its area:
                  1. in the event of an emergency, carry out recovery activities in its area:
                    1. when requested, assist other Committees with emergency management in their areas (having regard to the competing demands for emergency management within the Committee’s own area and any requests for assistance from other Committees):
                      1. within its area, promote and raise public awareness of, and compliance with, this Act and legislative provisions relevant to the purpose of this Act (including the relevant legislation in Schedule 2):
                        1. monitor and report on compliance within its area with this Act and legislative provisions relevant to the purpose of this Act (including the relevant legislation in Schedule 2):
                          1. develop, approve, implement, and monitor a regional emergency management plan and regularly review the plan:
                            1. participate in the development of the national emergency management strategy and the national emergency management plan (including any revisions to, or replacements for, those instruments):
                              1. promote emergency management in its area that is consistent with the purpose of this Act.

                                1. A unitary authority Emergency Management Committee also has any other functions that are conferred or imposed on a Committee under this Act or any other enactment.