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Emergency Management Bill (No 2)

Emergency management system planning - Local and sector plans - Regional emergency management plans

95: Public notification for proposal for regional emergency management plan

You could also call this:

"Telling the public about a new emergency plan and letting them have a say"

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If a proposal is made for a regional emergency management plan, you will be told about it. The Emergency Management Committee must inform the public, iwi and Māori in the area, and others they think should know. They must do this by public notification, as defined in section 13 of the Legislation Act 2019. You will have a chance to make submissions on the proposal within a certain time period. This period must be at least one month, as stated in subsection (1)(b). You can send your submissions to the Committee or a subgroup of the Committee. If you make a written submission, you will have a reasonable opportunity to be heard. The Committee will make all written submissions available to the public, unless there is a good reason not to. They will also consider comments from iwi and Māori in the area when making their decision.

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94: Community engagement in developing proposal for regional emergency management plan, or

"People help make emergency plans for their region"

96: Comments and directions from Minister regarding proposal, or

"The Minister's feedback on emergency plan proposals"

Part 3Emergency management system planning
Local and sector plans: Regional emergency management plans

95Public notification for proposal for regional emergency management plan

The Emergency Management Committee must—
give notification of the proposal—
1. by public notification (within the meaning of section 13 of the Legislation Act 2019); and
2. to representatives of iwi and Māori within the Committee’s area; and
3. to any other specific person or group that the Committee considers appropriate; and
specify in each notice given under paragraph (a) a period within which persons interested in the proposal may make submissions on the proposal to—
1. the Committee; or
2. a subgroup of the Committee; and
ensure that any person who makes written submissions on the proposal within the period specified in the notice is given a reasonable opportunity to be heard by the body to which the submissions are made; and
make all written submissions on the proposal available to the public unless there is some good reason in law why it should not do so; and
have regard to any comments on a proposal made by iwi and Māori within the Committee’s area.

The period specified under subsection (1)(b) must not be less than 1 month.