Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts(1) An emergency order may be addressed to—
(a) the person or people intended to be bound by it; or
(b) several people, a class of people, or all people.
(2) A copy of an emergency order mentioned in subsection (1) (a) must be served on the person or people intended to be bound by it.
Note For how documents may be served, see the Legislation Act, pt 19.5.
(3) Notice of an emergency order mentioned in subsection (1) (b) must be published as soon as practicable after the order is made in a newspaper that, in the Minister's opinion, will be most likely to bring the order to the attention of the people to be bound by it.
(4) The notice must set out the terms of the order and the people to be bound by it.
(5) An emergency order, when it takes effect, is binding on the person or people to whom it is addressed.
(6) An emergency order that is served on a person takes effect when it is served on the person.
(7) An emergency order that is notified under subsection (3) takes effect at the beginning of the 1st day when the order is notified under that subsection.
(8) An order expires at the end of 90 days after the day when it takes effect unless it is sooner revoked.
(9) Subsection (8) does not prevent a further order being made in the same terms as an order that has expired.