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Emergency Management Bill (No 2)

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

143: Extending location to which national transition period applies

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"Extending the national transition period to more areas of New Zealand"

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If a Minister declares a national transition period for a part of New Zealand, you need to know it may not apply to the whole country. The Minister can decide to extend this period to other areas or districts. The Minister can only do this if they think the same reasons for the original declaration apply to these new areas. The Minister must tell the House of Representatives as soon as possible if they make this decision. You can find out more about the criteria the Minister uses to make this decision in section 142. The Minister's decision will affect the areas or districts they choose to extend the national transition period to.

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142: Minister may declare national transition period, or

"The Minister can call a special recovery time for New Zealand or some areas after an emergency."

144: When authorised persons may exercise certain powers in this subpart, or

"When can authorised people use special powers in an emergency?"

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

143Extending location to which national transition period applies

This section applies if the Minister has declared a national transition period that applies to an area or a district (the affected location) but not to the whole of New Zealand.
The Minister may declare that the national transition period applies to 1 or more further areas or districts, whether or not any of those further areas or districts overlaps or is contiguous with the affected location.
The Minister may make a declaration under subsection (2) only if the Minister considers that the criteria in section 142(1) apply to each of the further areas or districts.
The Minister must inform the House of Representatives as soon as practicable if the Minister makes a declaration under subsection (2).

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2002 No 33 s 71