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Emergency Management Bill (No 2)

Emergency response and recovery: states of emergency and transition periods - Powers applying during states of emergency - Powers exercised by specified persons and others

134: Power to direct or request person to cease activity or take action

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"Stopping or doing something to help in an emergency"

Illustration for Emergency Management Bill (No 2)

If you are in charge during an emergency, you may tell someone to stop doing something that could make the emergency worse. You can also ask someone to do something to help prevent the emergency or make it less bad. You can ask them to do this in person or in writing.

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Part 4Emergency response and recovery: states of emergency and transition periods
Powers applying during states of emergency: Powers exercised by specified persons and others

134Power to direct or request person to cease activity or take action

  1. A specified person may—

  2. direct a person to cease an activity that may cause, or substantially contribute to, an emergency:
    1. request a person, verbally or in writing, to take an action to prevent or limit or reduce the consequences of the applicable emergency.

      Compare
      • 2002 No 33 s 91
      • 1996 No 30 s 137(1)(d), (e)