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Emergency Management Bill (No 2)

Emergency response and recovery: states of emergency and transition periods - Declaring states of emergency - Declaring state of local emergency

114: Declaring state of local emergency for unaffected location to assist affected location

You could also call this:

"Declaring an emergency in one area to help another area in need"

Illustration for Emergency Management Bill (No 2)

You can declare a state of local emergency in a place that is not affected by an emergency. This happens when another location is already in a state of local emergency and needs help. The Minister or an authorised person can make this declaration if they think the unaffected location's resources are needed to assist the affected location.

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Part 4Emergency response and recovery: states of emergency and transition periods
Declaring states of emergency: Declaring state of local emergency

114Declaring state of local emergency for unaffected location to assist affected location

  1. Subsection (2) applies if—

  2. a state of local emergency is in force for a location (the affected location); and
    1. the Minister or an authorised person considers that the resources of another location that is not affected by an emergency (the unaffected location) are needed to assist the affected location.

      1. The Minister or an authorised person may declare a further state of local emergency for the unaffected location.