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Emergency Management Bill (No 2)

Emergency management system planning - Local and sector plans - Regional emergency management planning standards

100: Regional emergency management planning standards

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"Rules for Emergency Plans"

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The Minister can create rules for emergency management plans. You will find these rules in a document that says what the plans should look like. The Minister makes these rules to help achieve the purpose of the Emergency Management Bill. The Minister can make rules for some or all emergency management plans. You can find out more about the requirements for these plans in section 71. The rules can also help make sure the plans are consistent with the national emergency management plan. These rules are a type of law, and you can learn more about how they are published in Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019. The Minister can apply these rules to one or more Emergency Management Committees. The rules are made according to section 101, which explains how they are prepared.

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99: Minor amendments to regional emergency management plan, or

"Making small changes to emergency plans without a full review"

101: Preparation of regional emergency management planning standards, or

"Creating Rules for Emergency Plans in Different Areas"

Part 3Emergency management system planning
Local and sector plans: Regional emergency management planning standards

100Regional emergency management planning standards

The Minister may issue regional emergency management planning standards, prepared in accordance with section 101, that prescribe requirements or provide for other matters relating to any aspect of the structure, format, or content of regional emergency management plans for all or any of the following purposes:
to assist in achieving the purpose of this Act:
to address any matter that the Minister considers requires consistency across multiple Emergency Management Committees:
to assist in meeting the requirements for regional emergency management plans under section 71:
to ensure the alignment of regional emergency management plans with the national emergency management plan.

A regional emergency management planning standard may apply to the emergency management plan of 1 or more Emergency Management Committees.
A regional emergency management planning standard issued under this section is secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).

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