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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

55: Provisions applying generally to appointments and removals of Regional Controllers, District Controllers, and Local Controllers

You could also call this:

"Rules for Appointing and Removing Emergency Controllers"

Illustration for Emergency Management Bill (No 2)

You will have rules that apply to appointments and removals of Regional Controllers, District Controllers, and Local Controllers. These rules apply when someone is appointed under sections 51 to 54 as a Regional Controller, a District Controller, or a Local Controller. You can be appointed to the position whether you work for the territorial authority or not. You can be appointed by name or by the job you hold. Your appointment can happen at any time, even if there is no emergency. The people who appointed you can remove you from the job at any time. If you are acting in the role of a Controller, you can do the job of that Controller in the area you were appointed for. This means you can perform the functions, duties, and powers of that Controller under this Act. You can do this for the area, district, or region the Controller was appointed for.

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

55Provisions applying generally to appointments and removals of Regional Controllers, District Controllers, and Local Controllers

  1. Subsections (2) to (5) apply in respect of an appointment under sections 51 to 54 of a person as a Regional Controller, a District Controller, or a Local Controller, or to act in the role of a Regional Controller, a District Controller, or a Local Controller.

  2. Any person may be appointed to the position, regardless of whether they are an employee of the relevant territorial authority.

  3. An appointment—

  4. may be by name or by reference to the holder of an office; and
    1. may be made at any time, regardless of whether a state of emergency or transition period is in force.

      1. The Emergency Management Committee, or chief executive, that made the appointment may, at any time, remove from office or replace the person appointed.

      2. A person acting in the role of a Regional Controller, a District Controller, or a Local Controller may perform or exercise the functions, duties, and powers of that Controller under this Act in respect of the area, district, or region for which the Controller was appointed.