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Emergency Management Bill (No 2)

Emergency management system planning - National emergency management plan

85: Requirements before recommendation to amend or replace, or decision to retain, national emergency management plan

You could also call this:

"Checking the plan to keep people safe in emergencies before making changes"

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The Minister must consider a proposal about the national emergency management plan before making a decision. You will see this proposal developed by the Director-General under section 86. The Minister must approve this proposal. The proposal must be made public, made available, and presented to the House of Representatives after the Minister approves it, as stated in section 87. A proposal means a plan to change or replace the national emergency management plan, or to keep it the same. You can think of it as a suggested version of the plan. The proposal may include other material, like information from another source, as stated in section 216. This material must be in English or te reo Māori, or have a translation in one of these languages.

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84: Review of national emergency management plan, or

"The Minister checks and updates the national emergency plan every 5 years or when needed."

86: Preparation and approval of proposal relating to review of national emergency management plan, or

"Planning for Emergency Changes: Minister Reviews Proposal"

Part 3Emergency management system planning
National emergency management plan

85Requirements before recommendation to amend or replace, or decision to retain, national emergency management plan

Before the Minister makes a decision relating to the review of the national emergency management plan under section 84, the Minister must, in accordance with section 86, consider and approve a proposal developed by the Director-General under that section.
After the Minister has approved the proposal, the proposal must, in accordance with section 87, be publicly notified, made available, and presented to the House of Representatives.
In this section and sections 86 and 87, proposal—
means—
1. the proposed contents of an amended or a replacement version of the national emergency management plan (but is not required to be in the form of draft regulations); or
2. a proposal to retain the plan in its current form; and
may include material incorporated by reference in the plan under section 216, together with a translation in English or te reo Māori if that material is not in English or te reo Māori.