STATE EMERGENCY AND RESCUE MANAGEMENT ACT 1989 - SECT 12 State Emergency Management Plan

STATE EMERGENCY AND RESCUE MANAGEMENT ACT 1989 - SECT 12

12 State Emergency Management Plan

(1) There is to be a State Emergency Management Plan.

(2) The object of the State Emergency Management Plan is to ensure the co-ordinated response to emergencies by all agencies having responsibilities and functions in emergencies.

(3) The State Emergency Management Plan is to--

(a) identify, in relation to each different form of emergency, the combat agency primarily responsible for controlling the response to the emergency, and

(b) provide for the co-ordination of the activities of other agencies in support of a combat agency in the event of an emergency, and

(c) specify the tasks to be performed by all agencies in the event of an emergency, and

(d) specify the responsibilities of the Minister, the State, Regional or Local Emergency Operations Controller and the State Emergency Recovery Controller.

(4) As soon as practicable after the Minister approves the State Emergency Management Plan or any alterations to the State Emergency Management Plan, the Secretary must--

(a) publish (in such manner as the Secretary determines) a copy of the State Emergency Management Plan or the alterations to the State Emergency Management Plan, and

(b) forward a copy of the State Emergency Management Plan or the alterations to the State Emergency Management Plan to each agency to which the State Emergency Management Plan relates.