Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

DISASTERS ACT - SECT 40

(1) Upon a declaration of a state of emergency:

(a) the Territory Controller shall institute counter disaster measures:

(i) in accordance with the counter disaster plans; or

(ii) in accordance with the directions of the Council; or

(iii) where the plans and directions referred to in subparagraphs (i) and (ii) are insufficient in the circumstances, in such manner as he thinks fit,

to ensure adequate protection of life and property, and to expedite the termination of the emergency; and

(b) the Director shall assist the Territory Controller in his duties and shall arrange and co-ordinate the counter disaster support resources as required by the Territory Controller; and

(c) the Regional Controller, subject to the direction of the Territory Controller and, where appropriate, the Local Controller on the directions of the Regional Controller, shall:

(i) take immediate action to use, control and co-ordinate all available resources within his region or local area, as the case may be, to counter the effects of the emergency; and

(ii) immediately they become available, use, control and co-ordinate all additional resources that may be made available to him from any source; and

(iii) take such other measures as are provided for in respect of his region or local area, as the case may be, in the counter disaster plan for the region or local area; and

(d) sections 37 and 38 apply as if the references in those sections to a state of disaster were references to a state of emergency.

(2) If a tropical cyclone watch or warning is issued for a part of the Territory by the Bureau of Meteorology, sections 37(1)(e)(iii) and 38 apply in relation to that part of the Territory while the watch or warning is current as if the watch or warning were a declaration of a state of emergency.

(3) In this section:

Bureau of Meteorology means the Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology established by the Meteorology Act 1955 (Cth).