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Emergency Management Bill (No 2)

Emergency management system role-holders - Regional role-holders - Emergency Management Committees

25: Multi-member and unitary authority Emergency Management Committees

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"Two types of emergency committees: multi-member and unitary authority committees"

Illustration for Emergency Management Bill (No 2)

You will have two types of Emergency Management Committees. They are multi-member and unitary authority Emergency Management Committees. A multi-member Emergency Management Committee is made up of a regional council and territorial authorities, or a unitary authority with other unitary authorities or a regional council. You can find more information about joint committees in clause 30(1)(b) of Schedule 7 of the Local Government Act 2002. A unitary authority Emergency Management Committee is made up of a single unitary authority. If a unitary authority is a unitary authority Emergency Management Committee, it is the Emergency Management Committee. A unitary authority Emergency Management Committee must appoint a committee to perform its functions, as stated in clause 30(1)(a) of Schedule 7 of the Local Government Act 2002. This committee will help the unitary authority Emergency Management Committee do its job. The unitary authority Emergency Management Committee has to follow the rules in this Act.

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Part 2Emergency management system role-holders
Regional role-holders: Emergency Management Committees

25Multi-member and unitary authority Emergency Management Committees

  1. An Emergency Management Committee is either a multi-member Emergency Management Committee or a unitary authority Emergency Management Committee.

  2. A multi-member Emergency Management Committee is made up of—

  3. a regional council and the territorial authorities within the same region; or
    1. a unitary authority together with either or both of the following:
      1. 1 or more other unitary authorities whose districts border the unitary authority:
        1. a regional council whose region borders that of the unitary authority and the territorial authorities within that region.

        2. A multi-member Emergency Management Committee is a joint committee under clause 30(1)(b) of Schedule 7 of the Local Government Act 2002.

        3. A unitary authority Emergency Management Committee is made up of a single unitary authority.

        4. If a unitary authority is a unitary authority Emergency Management Committee, the unitary authority is the Emergency Management Committee (rather than a member of the Emergency Management Committee) for the purposes of this Act.

        5. A unitary authority Emergency Management Committee must appoint a committee under clause 30(1)(a) of Schedule 7 of the Local Government Act 2002 to perform and exercise its functions, duties, and powers as an Emergency Management Committee under this Act.