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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

64: Provisions applying generally to appointments of Regional Recovery Managers, District Recovery Managers, and Local Recovery Managers

You could also call this:

"Rules for being a Recovery Manager in an emergency"

Illustration for Emergency Management Bill (No 2)

If you are appointed as a Regional Recovery Manager, a District Recovery Manager, or a Local Recovery Manager, some rules will apply to you. You can be appointed to this role whether or not you work for the local council. Your appointment can be made at any time, and you can be chosen by name or by the job you already have. You can be removed from the role or replaced at any time by the Emergency Management Committee or chief executive who appointed you. If you are acting in the role of a Recovery Manager, you can do the tasks and make decisions that the Recovery Manager would normally do in your area. These rules apply if you are appointed under sections 60 to 63 of the proposed law.

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

"Choosing Local Recovery Managers to Help in Emergencies"

65: Role of Regional Recovery Managers, or

"Who are Regional Recovery Managers and what do they do to help after an emergency?"

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

64Provisions applying generally to appointments of Regional Recovery Managers, District Recovery Managers, and Local Recovery Managers

Subsections (2) to (5) apply in respect of an appointment under sections 60 to 63 of a person as a Regional Recovery Manager, a District Recovery Manager, or a Local Recovery Manager, or to act in the role of a Regional Recovery Manager, a District Recovery Manager, or a Local Recovery Manager.
Any person may be appointed to the position, regardless of whether they are an employee of the relevant territorial authority.
An appointment—
may be by name or by reference to the holder of an office; and
may be made at any time, regardless of whether a state of emergency or transition period is in force.

The Emergency Management Committee, or chief executive, that made the appointment may, at any time, remove from office or replace the person appointed.
A person acting in the role of a Regional Recovery Manager, a District Recovery Manager, or a Local Recovery Manager may perform or exercise the functions, duties, and powers of that Recovery Manager under this Act in respect of the area or district for which the Recovery Manager was appointed.