Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Emergency Management Act 1986 - SECT 21

Municipal co-ordination and planning

21. Municipal co-ordination and planning



(1) A municipal council must appoint a person or persons to be the municipal
emergency resource officer or municipal emergency resource officers.

(2) A municipal emergency resource officer is responsible to the municipal
council for ensuring the co-ordination of municipal resources to be used in
emergency response and recovery.

(3) A municipal council must appoint a municipal emergency planning committee
constituted by persons appointed by the municipal council being members and
employees of the municipal council, response and recovery agencies and local
community groups involved in emergency management issues.

(4) The function of a municipal emergency planning committee is to prepare a
draft municipal emergency management plan for consideration by the municipal
council.

(5) A municipal emergency planning committee must give effect to any direction
or guidelines issued by the Co-ordinator in Chief.

(6) Subject to the regulations, a municipal emergency planning committee may
determine its own procedures.