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Emergency Management Bill (No 2)

Emergency management system planning - Local and sector plans - Essential infrastructure sector response plans

104: Director-General may develop sector response plans for essential infrastructure providers

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"Director-General can create a plan to help important services recover from emergencies"

Illustration for Emergency Management Bill (No 2)

The Director-General thinks it would be a good idea for some essential infrastructure providers to work together to fix problems quickly if an emergency happens. You might wonder what essential infrastructure providers are - they are organisations that provide important services like power, water, and transport. The Director-General can make a plan to help these providers get back to normal after an emergency. The Director-General can create a plan to help these providers respond to and recover from disruptions caused by an emergency. You will be interested to know that the Director-General can also ask the providers to help create this plan. This plan is called a sector response plan. Before the Director-General approves the plan, they must talk to the providers, government agencies, and local authorities, as well as anyone else who would have a role in the plan. This is to make sure everyone is on the same page and knows what to do in case of an emergency. The Director-General wants to make sure the plan is fair and works well for everyone involved.

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Part 3Emergency management system planning
Local and sector plans: Essential infrastructure sector response plans

104Director-General may develop sector response plans for essential infrastructure providers

  1. This section applies if the Director-General is satisfied that it would be desirable for essential infrastructure providers from 1 or more classes of essential infrastructure providers to co-ordinate on the timely restoration of essential infrastructure in the event that an emergency causes a disruption of national significance to their provision of that essential infrastructure.

  2. The Director-General may—

  3. develop and approve a sector response plan that addresses the response to, and recovery from, the potential disruptions to that class or those classes of essential infrastructure providers in providing their essential infrastructure in the event of an emergency; and
    1. require the relevant essential infrastructure providers to contribute to the development of the sector response plan.

      1. Before approving the sector response plan, the Director-General must consult—

      2. the essential infrastructure providers affected by the plan; and
        1. relevant government agencies and local authorities; and
          1. any other person (or their representative) who would have responsibilities or duties under the plan.