Emergency management
This page contains different parts of laws about Emergency management, within the topic of Government and voting.

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340: Application of section 320 during epidemic
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Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
Keeping You and Your Community Safe from Hazards
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
What the Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002 is about
1: Title
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
When the Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002 started: 1 December 2002
2: Commencement
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
This law helps keep you and your community safe from harm by planning for emergencies and managing risks.
3: Purpose
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
What special words mean in the Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
4: Interpretation
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
This law doesn't override other laws or rules you must follow.
6: Act not to affect functions, duties, and powers under other Acts or general law
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
Being careful and prepared, even when you're not totally sure what might happen
7: Precautionary approach
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
The person in charge of managing civil defence emergencies is called the Director of Civil Defence Emergency Management.
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
Who the Director of Civil Defence Emergency Management is and what they do
8: Appointment and functions of Director of Civil Defence Emergency Management
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
The Director's Job: Keeping People Safe in Emergencies
9: Powers of Director
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
The person in charge of managing emergencies in New Zealand is called the National Controller.
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
The Director can pass on some of their jobs and powers to the National Controller in writing.
10: Delegation of certain functions and powers of Director to National Controller
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
Rules for when the Director gives someone else extra jobs to do in an emergency
11: Further provisions relating to delegation to National Controller
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
Groups that help keep people safe during emergencies
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
Councils must work together to create a team to help keep people safe in emergencies.
12: Local authorities to establish Civil Defence Emergency Management Groups
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
Who is in a Civil Defence Emergency Management Group to help keep you safe?
13: Membership of Civil Defence Emergency Management Groups
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
How local councils work together to prepare for emergencies
14: Membership rules for territorial authorities
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
Choosing the leader of a Civil Defence Emergency Management Group
15: Appointment of chairperson
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
What Civil Defence Emergency Management Group members can and must do
16: Powers and obligations of members of Civil Defence Emergency Management Groups
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
What Civil Defence Emergency Management Groups do to keep communities safe
17: Functions of Civil Defence Emergency Management Groups
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
What Civil Defence Emergency Management Groups can do to help in emergencies
18: General powers of Civil Defence Emergency Management Groups
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
Emergency groups must follow standard meeting rules or agree on their own rules that obey the law.
19: Civil Defence Emergency Management Groups to follow model standing orders
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
Emergency management teams: who's in charge and what they do
20: Appointment and functions of Civil Defence Emergency Management Co-ordinating Executive Groups
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
When emergency groups merge to work together
21: Mergers of Civil Defence Emergency Management Groups
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
Rules for joining emergency groups when local council areas change
22: Membership rules in event of local government reorganisations
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
Who's in charge of helping in an emergency?
23: Establishment of administering authorities
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
Who pays for groups that help manage civil defence emergencies and how they work together
24: Functions and costs of administering authorities and chief executives of administering authorities
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
Who can declare a local emergency or transition period in New Zealand?
25: Persons appointed and otherwise authorised to declare state of local emergency or give notice of local transition period
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
People called Group Controllers help manage emergencies and make important decisions.
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
Choosing a leader to help keep people safe during emergencies
26: Appointment of Group Controllers
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
Who can be in charge locally during an emergency
27: Appointment of Local Controllers
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
What a Group Controller does to help during an emergency
28: Functions of Group Controllers
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
Choosing a leader to help your community recover after a big emergency
29: Appointment of Group Recovery Managers
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
Who can be in charge of helping a community recover after a big emergency?
30: Appointment of Local Recovery Managers
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
National plan to keep people safe in emergencies
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
New Zealand's Emergency Plan: Keeping People Safe
31: National civil defence emergency management strategy
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
How the Minister completes the national emergency plan
32: Procedure for completing national civil defence emergency management strategy
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
When the new safety rules start, the Minister has 1 year to create the first national emergency plan.
33: Timing of first national civil defence emergency management strategy
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
When the national emergency plan starts and ends, and how it's kept up to date
34: Currency of national civil defence emergency management strategy
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
Parliament can reject a plan to keep people safe in emergencies
35: House of Representatives may resolve not to approve civil defence emergency management strategy
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
Changing or cancelling the national emergency plan
36: Amendment or revocation of national civil defence emergency management strategy
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
Follow the national emergency plan to keep people safe
37: Groups and Director must not act inconsistently with national civil defence emergency management strategy
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
Things that are important when making plans to keep people safe in emergencies
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
Things to consider when making emergency plans
38: Matters relevant to development of civil defence emergency management plans
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
A plan to help keep New Zealand safe during big emergencies.
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
New Zealand's Emergency Plan: How We Stay Safe
39: National civil defence emergency management plan
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
Using information from other sources in emergency plans
40: Incorporation by reference
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
Telling you about the proposed national emergency plan before it's finalised
41: Notification of proposed national civil defence emergency management plan
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
The emergency plan must match the overall emergency strategy.
42: National civil defence emergency management plan must not be inconsistent with national civil defence emergency management strategy
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
Send a copy of emergency orders to the House of Representatives
43: Copy of order to be presented to House of Representatives
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
New Zealand's First Emergency Plan
44: First national civil defence emergency management plan
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
How long the national emergency plan lasts and when it gets updated
45: Currency of national civil defence emergency management plan
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
Checking and updating the national plan for emergencies
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
Checking the national emergency plan to keep you safe
46: Review of national civil defence emergency management plan
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
The Governor-General can make small changes to the emergency plan if they won't affect people's rights much.
47: Minor changes to plan
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
Plans to help keep people safe during emergencies
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
Plans to keep you and your community safe in emergencies
48: Civil defence emergency management group plans
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
Sending our emergency plan to the Minister for feedback
49: Proposed plan to be sent to Minister
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
The Director must issue the first guidelines within a year of the Act starting.
50: Timing of first issue of guidelines under section 49(3)
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
Using other documents as part of a plan without printing them in it
51: Incorporation by reference
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
How a Civil Defence Emergency Group makes a plan and listens to your ideas
52: Procedure for making civil defence emergency management group plans
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
Local emergency plans must match the national emergency plan and follow the Director's rules.
53: Civil defence emergency management group plan must not be inconsistent with national civil defence emergency management strategy and must take account of Director's guidelines, codes, or technical standards
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
When to make the first emergency plan for your community
54: Timing of first civil defence emergency management group plan
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
When a civil defence emergency plan starts and how long it lasts
55: Currency of civil defence emergency management group plan
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
Checking and updating plans to help keep people safe in emergencies
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
Checking and updating emergency plans every 5 years
56: Review of civil defence emergency management group plans
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
Making small changes to an emergency plan without a full review
57: Minor changes to plan
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
What government departments and others must do in an emergency
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
Government departments must have a plan to keep working during emergencies
58: Departments and interdepartmental ventures to prepare plans to continue functioning during and after emergency
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
Important groups help keep people safe during emergencies
59: Departments and others to undertake civil defence emergency management functions and responsibilities
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
Important jobs of services like power and water that help keep you safe.
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
Lifeline utilities must plan to keep working during emergencies and help with emergency planning and advice.
60: Duties of lifeline utilities
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
The Government can change Schedule 1 to keep people safe
61: Schedule 1 may be amended by Order in Council
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
The Minister can let some important services, like power or water, not follow certain rules if it's fair.
62: Minister may exempt lifeline utility
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
What emergency services have to do in case of an emergency
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
What emergency services must do to help keep you safe
63: Duties of emergency services
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
Local authorities have important jobs to help keep people safe in emergencies.
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
What your local council must do to help keep you safe in an emergency
64: Duties of local authorities
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
People in charge must think about different options when planning for emergencies.
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
Think carefully about choices to keep people safe in emergencies
65: Duties to consider alternatives, assess benefits and costs, etc
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
A state of national emergency is declared when the country is in big trouble and needs extra help.
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
The Minister can declare a national emergency if a big problem happens or might happen in New Zealand.
66: Minister may declare state of national emergency
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
Parliament must meet within 7 days if a national emergency is declared
67: Parliament must meet if state of national emergency declared
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
A state of local emergency is declared when a serious situation affects a local area.
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
Declaring a local emergency to keep people safe
68: Declaration of state of local emergency
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
The Minister can call a local emergency in an area if something bad has happened or might happen.
69: Minister may declare state of local emergency in certain cases
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
Rules for when the government declares a national or local emergency.
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
When and for how long a state of emergency lasts in New Zealand
70: Commencement and duration of state of emergency
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
The government can extend a state of emergency for another 7 days if it's about to end.
71: Extension of duration of state of emergency
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
How a state of emergency can be stopped
72: Termination of state of emergency
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
How to officially announce a state of emergency in New Zealand
73: Form and publication of declaration of state of emergency and declaration extending or terminating state of emergency
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
The Director's emergency updates: keeping you safe and informed during a crisis.
74: Statements by Director
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
The Director can take over a job if someone else doesn't do it on time.
75: Power of Director to act on default by others
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
Authorities can ask you for information to help with emergencies
76: Power to require information
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
You can appeal to court if you think you're being unfairly asked to give information.
77: Appeal against requirement to give information
Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
Authorities can enter a building, but not your home, to get important information in an emergency if a judge agrees.
78: Power of entry to obtain information in urgent cases
Local Government Act 2002
When there's an emergency, the council can enter your property without asking first
173: Power of entry in cases of emergency
Local Government Act 2002
Rules for getting people's opinions during COVID-19 have been removed
83B: Use of special consultative procedure during outbreak of COVID-19
Local Government Act 2002
COVID-19 temporarily delayed the removal of some local government rules
160B: Bylaw revocation postponed as result of outbreak of COVID-19
Local Government Act 2002
This law about how councils talk to people after bad storms is no longer used
83C: Use of special consultative procedure during recovery from severe weather events
Local Government Act 2002
Councils used to be able to change plans after big storms, but not anymore
93DA: Amendments to long-term plan after severe weather events
Local Government Act 2002
Rules for changing plans after big storms no longer exist
94A: Long-term plan amended during recovery from severe weather events
Income Tax Act 2007
Tax-free benefits for workers affected by Canterbury earthquakes
CZ 23: Employee benefits for Canterbury earthquake relief: exempt income
Civil Aviation Act 1990
Rules for finding and helping people in danger
14B: Search and rescue operations
Civil Aviation Act 1990
Minister can tell groups to help with search and rescue
14C: Minister may direct agencies with respect to search and rescue operations
Resource Management Act 1991
Fixing problems in emergencies, even if it means breaking some rules
330: Emergency works and power to take preventive or remedial action
Resource Management Act 1991
Special rules for emergency actions during a crisis or recovery period
330B: Emergency works under Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
Resource Management Act 1991
People living in the countryside can act quickly to stop or fix emergencies on their land.
331B: Owner or occupier of rural land may take emergency preventive or remedial measures
Resource Management Act 1991
You need to collect information, watch what's happening, and write things down.
331D: Duty to gather information, monitor, and keep records
Resource Management Act 1991
This part explains what happens if someone breaks the rules for emergency activities on rural land.
331E: Enforcement proceedings
Resource Management Act 1991
This part of the law will be removed from the rules about emergency activities for rural people on 1 April 2024.
331F: Repeal of this section and sections 331A to 331E
Corrections Act 2004
What special words mean in the Corrections Act 2004
179C: Interpretation
Corrections Act 2004
Telling the Minister about a prison emergency
179D: Notification of emergency
Corrections Act 2004
No suing the government during emergencies, unless they act very badly.
179E: Exclusion of liability while epidemic notice in force or during emergency
Corrections Act 2004
The government can take over a property to keep prisoners safe during an emergency
191: Requisitioning powers
Corrections Act 2004
Directions about temporary prisons must follow the emergency safety plan
192: Direction not to be inconsistent with applicable civil defence emergency management plan
Corrections Act 2004
Getting paid back if the government takes your property
193: Compensation if property requisitioned
Corrections Act 2004
What the boss of corrections must do during an emergency
194: Duties of chief executive
Corrections Act 2004
What happens in an emergency at a privately run prison
218: Control of contract prison in emergency
Food Act 2014
When there's a big food safety emergency, the Minister or chief executive can issue a special notice to help keep people safe.
410: Power to issue emergency notice
Building Act 2004
You need to ask for a special paper if you do building work in an emergency without getting permission first
42: Owner must apply for certificate of acceptance if building work carried out urgently
Building Act 2004
This explains what buildings are considered likely to collapse in an earthquake.
122: Meaning of earthquake-prone building
Building Act 2004
Rules for when the law changes, to help keep buildings safe and make sure people follow the rules
Schedule 1AA: Transitional, savings, and related provisions
Building Act 2004
What is a priority building in areas with high earthquake risk?
133AE: Meaning of priority building
Building Act 2004
Finish seismic work on your building by the deadline, which is 2 April 2024 or later
133AMA: Deadline for completing seismic work on or after 2 April 2024
Building Act 2004
When you must finish seismic work on your building
133AMB: Deadline for completing seismic work required on or after commencement of this section
Building Act 2004
This part explains how to take care of buildings in places where something bad has happened.
133BA: Purpose of this subpart
Building Act 2004
This section explains important words and ideas used in the rules about managing buildings during emergencies
133BB: Definitions
Building Act 2004
This law explains how special areas are chosen for emergency building management during or after a disaster.
133BC: Designation of areas to which this subpart applies
Building Act 2004
Rules for deciding if an area needs special protection during emergencies
133BD: Decisions about designations (other than termination)
Building Act 2004
The law says someone must tell everyone about a special area for emergencies by putting it on the internet or telling people in other ways.
133BE: Public notice of designation
Building Act 2004
This law explains when special rules for managing buildings in emergencies start and how long they last.
133BF: Commencement and duration of designation
Building Act 2004
People in charge must check every three months if an area still needs special building rules during emergencies
133BG: Periodic review of designation
Building Act 2004
The law allows officials to make an emergency area last longer, but only once and for up to three years.
133BH: Extension of designation
Building Act 2004
The law explains how to end special rules for buildings in emergencies when they are no longer needed.
133BI: Termination of designation
Building Act 2004
This law explains which emergency officials can make decisions about buildings during disasters
133BK: CDEM Act officers as responsible persons
Building Act 2004
This law says special building rules are used first, but emergency rules can be used if needed to keep people safe.
133BL: Powers under this subpart take precedence over CDEM Act powers
Building Act 2004
Previously issued emergency notices can stay in effect under new rules for managing buildings in special areas
133BM: Effect of previously issued CDEM Act notices
Building Act 2004
Rules for people in charge to follow when making decisions about buildings in special areas during emergencies
133BN: Principles for exercise of powers
Building Act 2004
A special person or police officer can go into buildings or onto land to keep people safe in emergencies.
133BO: Power to enter building or land
Building Act 2004
After a disaster, special people can check buildings and land to make sure they're safe.
133BQ: Post-event assessments
Building Act 2004
Quick work can be done to make dangerous buildings safer right away
133BV: Urgent works to remove or reduce risks
Building Act 2004
Fixing buildings that are a risk to people
133BW: Works to remove or reduce other risks
Building Act 2004
The Minister or council can share helpful information with emergency management people.
133BZ: Sharing of information
Biosecurity Act 1993
Some rules don't apply in emergencies or if the Minister says they don't have to.
87: Exemptions from rules
Biosecurity Act 1993
Some rules don't apply in emergencies or if the council says it's okay
98: Exemptions from rules
Biosecurity Act 1993
When the environment or economy is in big trouble, the Governor-General can declare a biosecurity emergency to take quick action.
144: Declaration of biosecurity emergency
Biosecurity Act 1993
How long a biosecurity emergency lasts and what happens when it ends
146: Duration of emergency
Biosecurity Act 1993
The Minister must inform the House of Representatives about big biosecurity decisions, like making or ending emergencies, and explain why.
147: House of Representatives must be informed
Crimes Act 1961
New Zealand soldiers must follow orders to stop riots unless the orders are clearly against the law.
47: Protection of members of New Zealand forces
Crimes Act 1961
Sharing secret information that could harm New Zealand's safety is against the law.
78: Espionage
Crimes Act 1961
The law decides if sharing secret information could have hurt New Zealand's safety.
78C: Questions of law in relation to espionage or wrongful communication of information
Crimes Act 1961
Damaging important things on purpose to hurt New Zealand's safety or defence
79: Sabotage
Criminal Procedure Act 2011
What happens to the law during an epidemic in New Zealand
385: Application of section 168 during epidemic
Criminal Procedure Act 2011
A court can stop a charge if sharing some information would hurt New Zealand's safety.
147A: Dismissal of charge when information withheld due to risk to national security interests
Land Transport Act 1998
Breaking emergency rules can get you in trouble
41: Contravention of emergency rules
Land Transport Act 1998
Officers can check trains and tracks to keep dangerous goods safe
130: Power to inspect railway lines
Land Transport Act 1998
Transport Agency can make quick rules to keep people safe in emergencies
162: Agency may make emergency rules
Land Transport Act 1998
How the government makes quick rules for transport emergencies
163: Procedure for making emergency rules
Employment Relations Act 2000
Rules for strikes in important jobs like hospitals and schools
90: Strikes in essential services
Employment Relations Act 2000
Important services like hospitals, power, and food that people need to stay safe and healthy
Schedule 1: Essential services
Social Security Act 2018
Extra money during a big sickness in New Zealand
64: Emergency benefit: grant during epidemic in New Zealand
Social Security Act 2018
Minister can write a notice when overseas diseases stop visitors from going home
99: Overseas epidemics affecting visitors to New Zealand: Minister may give overseas epidemic management notice
Social Security Act 2018
Help for visitors stuck in New Zealand because of sickness in their home country
100: Special assistance for visitors affected by overseas epidemics
Social Security Act 2018
Special rules for getting benefits during an epidemic
299: Exception during epidemic
Social Security Act 2018
Special rules for giving out benefits during an epidemic
443: Regulations: payments during epidemic in New Zealand
Residential Tenancies Act 1986
Rules about tenancies during COVID-19 (no longer in effect)
Schedule 5: Provisions relating to COVID-19
Civil Aviation Act 2023
New rules for a search and rescue centre to help people in trouble
478: New sections 199 and 199A inserted
Civil Aviation Act 2023
What happens if you don't follow the rules at an airport
250: Consequences of failing to comply with direction orders
Civil Aviation Act 2023
Breaking important aviation rules can get you in trouble with the law
366: Breach of emergency rule, prohibition, or condition
Civil Aviation Act 2023
The Director can make special emergency rules to keep people safe and prevent damage.
67: Power of Director to make emergency rules
Civil Aviation Act 2023
Keeping airports safe: areas with extra security
125: Landside security areas
Civil Aviation Act 2023
Changes to what parts of the Civil Aviation Act must be made public
485: Schedule 3 amended
Gangs Act 2024
Gangs Act 2024
Gangs Act 2024
Rules for telling gang members to leave an area and stop hanging out with each other
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