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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

59: Duty of Controllers to exercise powers consistently with national priorities

You could also call this:

"Controllers must use their powers to help the country during emergencies"

Illustration for Emergency Management Bill (No 2)

You will have to follow some rules if you are a Regional Controller, District Controller, or Local Controller. This includes people who are authorised by these controllers under certain sections of the law, such as section 56(3), section 57(3)(c), or section 58(6). You must use your powers in a way that is consistent with national priorities during a national emergency or transition period.

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

59Duty of Controllers to exercise powers consistently with national priorities

  1. This section applies to the following persons:

  2. a Regional Controller:
    1. a person authorised by a Regional Controller under section 56(3):
      1. a District Controller:
        1. a person authorised by a District Controller under section 57(3)(c):
          1. a Local Controller:
            1. a person authorised by a Local Controller under section 58(6).

              1. The person must exercise any power conferred on them by this Act during any state of national emergency or national transition period consistently with the priorities for the use of resources and services that have been determined by the Director-General, National Controller, or National Recovery Manager.