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Emergency Management Bill (No 2)

Emergency response and recovery: states of emergency and transition periods - Declaring transition periods - Declaring local transition period

147: Declaring local transition period for unaffected location to assist affected location

You could also call this:

"Helping an area affected by an emergency from a nearby unaffected area"

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You can have a local transition period in a place that is not affected by an emergency. This happens if another place nearby is affected and needs help. The Minister or an authorised person can declare this period. You might have a local transition period in one area, but not in another area nearby. The area with the local transition period is called the affected location. The area without the local transition period is called the unaffected location. The Minister or an authorised person can declare a local transition period for the unaffected location. This is so the unaffected location can help the affected location.

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146: Minister may declare local transition period if authorised person has not done so, or

"The Minister can declare a special time to help an area recover after an emergency."

148: Matters Minister or authorised person must consider when declaring or extending local transition period, or

"What to consider when declaring or extending a local transition period after an emergency"

Part 4Emergency response and recovery: states of emergency and transition periods
Declaring transition periods: Declaring local transition period

147Declaring local transition period for unaffected location to assist affected location

Subsection (2) applies if—
a local transition period is in force for a district or ward within the area of an Emergency Management Committee (the affected location); and
the Minister or an authorised person considers that the resources of another district or ward in that area that is not affected by an emergency (the unaffected location) are needed to assist the affected location.

The Minister or the authorised person may declare a further local transition period for the unaffected location.