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Emergency Management Bill (No 2)

Emergency management system role-holders - Regional role-holders - Appointment of Regional Controllers, District Controllers, and Local Controllers

52: Appointment of District Controllers for multi-member Emergency Management Committees

You could also call this:

"Who gets chosen to be in charge of emergencies in your area"

Illustration for Emergency Management Bill (No 2)

You will have a District Controller for your area. The Emergency Management Committee chooses this person. They pick someone with the right skills and experience. If the Committee thinks the chief executive is a good fit, they can appoint them. The chief executive is in charge of the territorial authority. They make sure someone is in charge of emergencies. If the chief executive is not chosen, they must pick someone else. This person must be qualified and experienced to handle emergencies. They will be in charge if the District Controller is away or cannot work. The chief executive must also choose someone to fill in if the District Controller is away. This person will make sure everything runs smoothly while the District Controller is away.

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51: Appointment of Regional Controllers for multi-member Emergency Management Committees, or

"Who gets to be in charge of a Regional Emergency Management team?"

53: Appointment of Regional Controllers for unitary authority Emergency Management Committees, or

"Who gets to be in charge of emergency decisions in your area"

Part 2Emergency management system role-holders
Regional role-holders: Appointment of Regional Controllers, District Controllers, and Local Controllers

52Appointment of District Controllers for multi-member Emergency Management Committees

This section provides for the appointment of the District Controller, and persons who may act in the role of the District Controller when needed, for each territorial authority that is a member of a multi-member Emergency Management Committee.
If the Emergency Management Committee considers that the chief executive of a territorial authority is a suitably qualified and experienced person to be the District Controller for the territorial authority’s district, the Committee may appoint the chief executive as District Controller for the district.
If the chief executive is not appointed under subsection (2), the chief executive must appoint a suitably qualified and experienced person to be a District Controller for the district.
The chief executive of each territorial authority that is a member of the Committee must appoint at least 1 suitably qualified and experienced person to act in the role of the District Controller for the district of the territorial authority for the duration of any vacancy in the office or absence from duty of the District Controller.

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2002 No 33 s 27