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EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACT 2006 (NO. 12 OF 2006)

- Act 12 of 2006 - Royal Assent 20 September 2006

Table of Provisions

Long Title

PART 1 - Preliminary

  • 1 Short title
  • 2 Commencement
  • 3 Interpretation
  • 4 Non-application of Act
  • 5 Relationship of this Act with other emergency laws
  • 6 Act binds Crown

PART 2 - Administration Division 1 - Administration at State level

  • 7 State Emergency Management Committee
  • 8 Membership of State Committee
  • 9 Functions and powers of State Committee
  • 10 State Emergency Management Controller and Deputy
  • 11 Functions and powers of State Controller
  • 12 Ministerial committee

Division 2 - Administration at regional level

  • 13 Regions
  • 14 Regional Emergency Management Committees
  • 15 Membership of Regional Committees
  • 16 Functions and powers of Regional Committees
  • 17 Regional Emergency Management Controllers and Deputies
  • 18 Functions and powers of Regional Controllers

Division 3 - Administration at municipal level

  • 19 Combined areas
  • 20 Municipal Emergency Management Committees
  • 21 Membership of Municipal Committees
  • 22 Functions and powers of Municipal Committees
  • 23 Municipal Emergency Management Coordinators and Deputies
  • 24 Functions and powers of Municipal Coordinators

Division 4 - State Emergency Service

  • 25 Continuation of State Emergency Service
  • 26 Functions of State Emergency Service
  • 27 Director SES and officers of State Emergency Service
  • 28 Functions and powers of Director SES

Division 5 - Miscellaneous

  • 29 Delegation by Premier and Minister
  • 30 Delegation by committees and persons
  • 31 Authorised officers

PART 3 - Emergency Management Division 1 - Emergency management

plans
  • 32 Tasmanian Emergency Management Plan
  • 33 Regional Emergency Management Plans
  • 34 Municipal Emergency Management Plans
  • 35 Special Emergency Management Plans

Division 2 - General risk identification, assessment and management

  • 36 Risk identification and assessment authorisation
  • 37 Powers under risk identification and assessment authorisation
  • 38 Management of risk following inspection
  • 39 Certain persons to have plan for emergency or risk management

Division 3 - Emergency powers

  • 40 Authorisation of emergency powers
  • 41 Authority of authorisation of emergency powers

Division 4 - State of emergency

  • 42 Declaration of state of emergency
  • 43 Authority of declaration of state of emergency
  • 44 Duties if state of emergency declared
  • 45 Authorisation by Regional Controller if state of emergency declared

Division 5 - Roles of councils and municipal volunteer SES units

  • 46 Councils to use resources in emergency
  • 47 Councils to establish or provide for resources
  • 48 Municipal volunteer SES units
  • 49 Resources of municipal volunteer SES units
  • 50 Power to bind in contracts

Division 6 - Miscellaneous

  • 51 Assistance
  • 52 Use of force

PART 4 - Miscellaneous

  • 53 Allocations to councils
  • 54 Compensation for lost property, &c.
  • 55 Liability for death or injury resulting from performing functions,
  • &c., under this Act
  • 56 Workers' compensation payable to or in respect of volunteers
  • 57 Protection of employment rights
  • 58 Protection from liability
  • 59 Destruction, &c., attributable to emergency
  • 60 Offences with respect to emergency management workers
  • 61 Offences by bodies corporate
  • 62 Evidentiary provisions
  • 63 Annual report
  • 64 Regulations
  • 65 Administration of Act
  • 66 Savings and transitional provisions
  • 67 Consequential Amendments
  • 68 Legislation repealed
  • 69 Legislation rescinded
  • 70 Legislation revoked
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