EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACT 2004 - SECT 5A

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACT 2004 - SECT 5A

5A—State Emergency Management Plan

        (1)         SEMC must prepare, keep under review and maintain the State Emergency Management Plan ("SEMP") which must detail strategies for dealing with emergencies in the State, including strategies—

            (a)         for the prevention of emergencies; and

            (b)         relating to preparedness for emergencies; and

            (c)         for the containment of emergencies; and

            (d)         for the co-ordination of response and recovery operations; and

            (e)         for the orderly and efficient deployment of resources and services in connection with response and recovery operations.

        (2)         The SEMP may be comprised of 1 plan or a series of plans and may relate to all sectors of the community, including both State and local government, the business and non-government sectors, and individuals.

        (3)         Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), the SEMP may make provision for—

            (a)         the establishment of a committee to provide a forum to plan for and address emergency management (PPRR) training and other requirements for organisations; and

            (b)         the appointment of a specified agency to take the lead in planning emergency management activities for inclusion in the SEMP relating to the prevention of, preparedness for, response to and recovery from a particular hazard; and

            (c)         the division of the State into zones ("Emergency Management Zones ) (which may be comprised of 1 or more, or a part of 1 or more, areas of a council and any other area of the State); and

            (d)         for each Emergency Management Zone—the establishment of a management committee with responsibility for preparing, keeping under review and maintaining local planning for the Zone for the purposes of the SEMP; and

Note—

See also section 7(d) of the Local Government Act 1999 which provides that 1 of the functions of a council is to take measures to protect its area from natural and other hazards and to mitigate the effects of such hazards.

            (e)         the appointment of a co-ordinator for each Emergency Management Zone; and

            (f)         the designation of specified locations for the purposes of the SEMP; and

            (g)         any other matter consistent with the objects and guiding principles of this Act that should, in the opinion of SEMC, be included in the SEMP.