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Emergency Management Bill (No 2)

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

62: Appointment of Regional Recovery Managers for unitary authority Emergency Management Committees

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"Who helps manage emergencies in your area"

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You will have a Regional Recovery Manager for your area's Emergency Management Committee. The Committee can choose the unitary authority's chief executive for this role if they are suitable. If not, the chief executive must choose someone else who is qualified. You need a Regional Recovery Manager to help with emergencies. The chief executive must also choose someone to fill in if the Regional Recovery Manager is away. This fill-in person must be qualified to do the job. The chief executive has to make sure there is always someone to act as Regional Recovery Manager. This is so someone is always available to help with emergencies in your area.

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61: Appointment of District Recovery Managers for multi-member Emergency Management Committees, or

"Choosing a District Recovery Manager to Help in an Emergency"

63: Appointment of Local Recovery Managers for unitary authority Emergency Management Committees, or

"Choosing Local Recovery Managers to Help in Emergencies"

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

62Appointment of Regional Recovery Managers for unitary authority Emergency Management Committees

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

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2002 No 33 s 29