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Emergency Management Bill (No 2)

Emergency management system role-holders - Regional role-holders - Emergency management functions and duties for offshore islands

47: Joint responsibility of Minister of Local Government and Emergency Management Committee for emergency management of offshore islands

You could also call this:

"Minister and Committee work together to manage offshore island emergencies"

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The Minister of Local Government and the Emergency Management Committee will work together to manage emergencies on offshore islands. They will identify and assess hazards and risks on the island, and manage them. They will also consult with the island communities about these hazards and risks. The Minister and the Committee will take steps to provide resources for emergency management, respond to emergencies, and plan for recovery activities. They will promote public awareness of emergency management and compliance with the law. They will work to ensure emergency management on the island is consistent with the purpose of the Emergency Management Bill. The Emergency Management Committee that works with the Minister will be the one assigned to the offshore island by notice under section 46, and will work with the Minister as described in section 48.

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46: Identification of offshore islands requiring emergency management, or

"Which offshore islands need help during emergencies?"

48: Agreements regarding joint responsibility for offshore islands, or

"Agreements for working together on emergency planning for offshore islands"

Part 2Emergency management system role-holders
Regional role-holders: Emergency management functions and duties for offshore islands

47Joint responsibility of Minister of Local Government and Emergency Management Committee for emergency management of offshore islands

The Minister of Local Government and the responsible Emergency Management Committee must together carry out in respect of an offshore island the functions and duties set out in subsection (2).
The functions and duties are to—
do, in relation to hazards and risks of the offshore island, the following:
1. identify and assess those hazards and risks:
2. manage those hazards and risks:
3. identify how to reduce risks and implement cost-effective risk reduction:
4. consult and communicate with the communities within the offshore island about those hazards and risks:
take all steps necessary to maintain and provide, or to arrange the provision of, or to otherwise make available material, services, information, and any other resources for effective emergency management:
respond to and manage the adverse effects of emergencies in the offshore island:
in advance of an emergency, plan for recovery activities in the offshore island:
in the event of an emergency, carry out recovery activities in the offshore island:
within the offshore island, promote and raise public awareness of, and compliance with, this Act, and legislative provisions relevant to the purpose of this Act:
promote emergency management within the offshore island that is consistent with the purpose of this Act.

In this section and section 48, responsible Emergency Management Committee means, in respect of an offshore island identified by notice under section 46, the Emergency Management Committee assigned by that notice to have joint responsibility for that offshore island.