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Emergency Management Bill (No 2)

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

57: Role of District Controllers

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"What District Controllers do during an emergency"

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If you are a District Controller, this section applies to you if you were appointed under section 52 for a territorial authority's district. You must co-ordinate the use of resources during a state of emergency in your district. You have to perform functions and duties given to you by the Emergency Management Committee or by this Act. You can also do tasks that you are allowed to do by delegation under this Act. You can authorise someone else to do your tasks if they are qualified and experienced. If you are a District Controller, you must follow directions from the Regional Controller during a state of emergency. The Regional Controller's directions are more important than some of your other duties. You should also know about the Director-General's power under section 15(2)(b), which lets them use resources during a state of local emergency.

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56: Role of Regional Controllers, or

"What Regional Controllers Do During an Emergency"

58: Role of Local Controllers, or

"What Local Controllers Do in an Emergency"

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

57Role of District Controllers

This section applies to District Controllers appointed under section 52 in relation to a territorial authority’s district.
During a state of emergency that covers the district for which the District Controller is appointed, the District Controller must co-ordinate the use of the personnel, material, information, and other resources made available for the purposes of this Act.
At any time, the District Controller—
must perform or exercise any functions, duties, or powers delegated to the District Controller by the Emergency Management Committee or conferred on District Controllers by this Act or any other enactment; and
may perform any function conferred on the District Controller by delegation under this Act; and
may authorise any suitably qualified and experienced person to perform or exercise any function, duty, or power of that District Controller, including the power to delegate those powers, functions, and duties.

A District Controller must follow any directions given by the Regional Controller during a state of emergency.
Subsection (4) overrides subsection (3)(a).
See also the Director-General’s power under section 15(2)(b), which includes using specified resources for the purposes of any state of local emergency when the state of national emergency or national transition period is in force concurrently for the same ward, district, or area.

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