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Emergency Management Bill (No 2)

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

141: Interpretation of this subpart

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"What 'authorised person' means in this part of the law"

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In this part of the proposed Emergency Management Bill, you will see a term called 'authorised person'. This term refers to someone who is allowed to make a decision under section 49 or section 50. They can declare a local transition period, which is a special time when some rules might be different.

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

141Interpretation of this subpart

  1. In this subpart, unless the context otherwise requires, authorised person means a person authorised or otherwise empowered, under section 49 or 50, to declare a local transition period.