EMERGENCIES ACT 2004 (NO. 28 OF 2004) - SECT 15 Ministerial directions to authority

EMERGENCIES ACT 2004 (NO. 28 OF 2004) - SECT 15

    (1)     The Minister may give a written direction to the authority about the exercise of its functions.

    (2)     Before giving a direction, the Minister must—

        (a)     tell the authority about the proposed direction; and

        (b)     give the authority reasonable opportunity to comment on the proposed direction; and

        (c)     consider any comment made by the authority.

    (3)     The Minister must—

        (a)     present a copy of a direction to the Legislative Assembly within 6 sitting days after the day it is given to the authority; and

        (b)     if the copy would not be presented to the Legislative Assembly under paragraph (a) within 14 days after the day it is given to the authority—give copies of the direction to the Speaker for the members of the Legislative Assembly within the 14 days.

    (4)     If subsection (3) is not complied with, the direction is taken to have been revoked at the end of the period within which the copy of the direction should have been presented or given to the Speaker .

    (5)     A direction is a notifiable instrument.

Note     A notifiable instrument must be notified under the Legislation Act.