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Emergency Management Bill (No 2)

Schedule 4: Reporting requirements for states of emergency and transition periods

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"Reports After Emergencies: What Happened and What Was Done"

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If there is a state of emergency, you need to know that a report must be written. The National Controller must write a report after a national emergency ends. The report must include the start and end dates of the emergency and what happened. The report must also say if any special powers were used during the emergency. The National Controller must talk to other people who helped during the emergency before finalising the report. The report must be given to the Director-General and then to the Minister. A similar report must be written after a local emergency ends. The Regional Controller must write this report and give it to the Director-General and the Emergency Management Committee. The Minister must present both reports to the House of Representatives and they must be published online. There are also rules for reporting after a transition period ends. A transition period is when the emergency is over, but some special rules are still in place. The National Recovery Manager or the Regional Recovery Manager must write a report after a transition period ends. These reports must also be presented to the House of Representatives and published online.

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Schedule 3: Essential infrastructure providers, or

"Important services like power, water, and transport that keep New Zealand running"

Schedule 5: Consequential amendments to other legislation, or

"Changes to other laws to match the new Emergency Management Bill"

4Reporting requirements for states of emergency and transition periods Empowered by s 168

1Reporting on states of emergency

1Reporting on state of national emergency

1National Controller must produce report following state of national emergency

Following the expiry or termination of a state of national emergency, the National Controller must produce a written report that sets out the following information:
the dates on which the state of national emergency commenced and expired or was terminated:
the emergency to which the state of national emergency related:
if any powers under subpart 2 of Part 4 were exercised by a Controller during that state of national emergency,—
1. which powers were exercised; and
2. the reason that each power was exercised:
if the duration of the state of national emergency was extended 1 or more times, any other information—
1. prescribed by rules for that purpose; or
2. that the Director-General requires the National Controller to report.

Before finalising the report, the National Controller must consult any other Controller, or person who was authorised to exercise 1 or more powers of a Controller, who exercised powers during the state of national emergency.
Unless subclause (4) applies,—
the National Controller must give the finalised report to the Director-General no later than 14 days after the date on which the state of national emergency expired or was terminated; and
the Director-General must then give the report to the Minister.

If the National Controller for a state of national emergency is the Director-General, the National Controller must give the report to the Minister no later than 14 days after the date on which the state of national emergency expired or was terminated.

2Report must be presented and published

As soon as practicable after receiving the report under clause 1,—
the Minister must present the report to the House of Representatives; and
the Director-General must publish the report on an internet site maintained by or on behalf of the Director-General.

2Reporting on state of local emergency

3Regional Controller must produce report following state of local emergency

Following the expiry or termination of a state of local emergency, the Regional Controller must produce a written report that sets out the following information:
the dates on which the state of local emergency commenced and expired or was terminated:
the emergency to which the state of local emergency related:
if any powers under subpart 2 of Part 4 were exercised by a Controller during that state of local emergency,—
1. which powers were exercised; and
2. the reason that each power was exercised:
if the duration of the state of local emergency was extended 1 or more times, any other information—
1. prescribed by rules for that purpose; or
2. that the Director-General requires the Regional Controller to report.

Before finalising the report, the Regional Controller must consult any other Recovery Manager, or person who was authorised to exercise 1 or more powers of a Recovery Manager, who exercised powers during the state of local emergency.
The Regional Controller must give the finalised report to the Director-General and the relevant Emergency Management Committee no later than 14 days after the date on which the state of local emergency expired or was terminated.
The Director-General may then give the report to the Minister.

4Report must be presented and published

As soon as practicable after receiving the report under clause 3,—
the Minister must present the report to the House of Representatives; and
the Emergency Management Committee must publish the report on an internet site maintained by or on behalf of the Committee.

2Reporting on transition periods

1Reporting on national transition period

5National Recovery Manager must produce report following national transition period

Following the expiry or termination of a national transition period, the National Recovery Manager must produce a written report that sets out the following information:
the dates on which the national transition period commenced and expired or was terminated:
the emergency to which the national transition period related:
if any powers under subpart 4 of Part 4 were exercised by a Recovery Manager during that national transition period,—
1. which powers were exercised; and
2. the reason that each power was exercised:
if the duration of the national transition period was extended 1 or more times, any other information—
1. prescribed by rules for that purpose; or
2. that the Director-General requires the National Recovery Manager to report.

Before finalising the report, the National Recovery Manager must consult any other Recovery Manager, or person who was authorised to exercise 1 or more powers of a Recovery Manager, who exercised powers during the national transition period.
Unless subclause (4) applies,—
the National Recovery Manager must give the finalised report to the Director-General no later than 14 days after the date on which the national transition period expired or was terminated; and
the Director-General must then give the report to the Minister.

If the National Recovery Manager for a national transition period is the Director-General, the National Recovery Manager must give the report to the Minister no later than 14 days after the date on which the national transition period expired or was terminated.

Compare

2002 No 33 s 94P

6Presentation of final report on national transition period

As soon as practicable after receiving the report under clause 5,—
the Minister must present the report to the House of Representatives; and
the Director-General must publish the report on an internet site maintained by or on behalf of the Director-General.

2Reporting on local transition period

7Regional Recovery Manager must produce report following local transition period

Following the expiry or termination of a local transition period, the Regional Recovery Manager must produce a written report that sets out the following information:
the dates on which the local transition period commenced and expired or was terminated:
the emergency to which the local transition period related:
if any powers under subpart 4 of Part 4 were exercised by a Recovery Manager during that local transition period,—
1. which powers were exercised; and
2. the reason that each power was exercised:
if the duration of the local transition period was extended 1 or more times, any other information—
1. prescribed by rules for that purpose; or
2. that the Director-General requires the Regional Recovery Manager to report.

Before finalising the report, the Regional Recovery Manager must consult any other Recovery Manager, or person who was authorised to exercise 1 or more powers of a Recovery Manager, who exercised powers during the local transition period.
The Regional Recovery Manager—
must give the finalised report to the Director-General and the relevant Emergency Management Committee no later than 14 days after the date on which the local transition period expired or was terminated; and
may give the report to the Minister as soon as practicable after the date on which the local transition period expired or was terminated.

8Report must be presented and published

As soon as practicable after receiving the report under clause 7,—
the Minister must present the report to the House of Representatives; and
the Emergency Management Committee must publish the report on an internet site maintained by or on behalf of the Committee.