EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACT 2013
Table of Provisions
PART 1--PRELIMINARY
PART 2--STATE CRISIS AND RESILIENCE COUNCIL
- 6 State Crisis and Resilience Council
- 7 Role of State Crisis and Resilience Council
- 8 Constitution of the State Crisis and Resilience Council
- 9 Procedure of the State Crisis and Resilience Council
- 10 Standing subcommittees
- 11 Work plans
- 12 Strategic Action Plan
- 13 Implementation of the Strategic Action Plan and work programs
PART 3--EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT VICTORIA
- 14 Establishment of Emergency Management Victoria
- 15 Emergency Management Victoria is a body corporate
- 16 Constitution of Emergency Management Victoria
- 17 Functions of Emergency Management Victoria
- 18 Powers of Emergency Management Victoria
- 19 Delegation
- 20 Chief Executive, Emergency Management Victoria
- 21 Functions of the Chief Executive, Emergency Management Victoria
- 22 Powers of the Chief Executive, Emergency Management Victoria
- 23 Provision of staff and contractors
PART 4--EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COMMISSIONER
Division 1--Appointment, functions and general powers
- 24 Establishment
- 25 Appointment
- 26 Remuneration and allowances
- 27 Terms and conditions
- 28 Resignation or vacancy in office
- 29 Suspension and removal from office
- 30 Acting Emergency Management Commissioner
- 31 Delegation
- 32 Functions of the Emergency Management Commissioner
- 33 Powers of the Emergency Management Commissioner
- 34 Information to be provided to Emergency Management Commissioner
- 35 Information gathering
- 36 Constraints on access to information not to apply
Division 2--Control of response activities
- 37 Control of emergency response to Class 1 emergency
- 38 Control of response to fire other than a major fire
- 39 Control of emergency response to Class 2 emergencies
- 40 Emergency Management Commissioner may advise or direct officers to exercise control powers
- 40A Regional and municipal district emergency response coordinators
- 40B Senior Police Liaison Officer
- 41 Division to prevail
Division 3--Community warnings about fires
- 42 Emergency Management Commissioner must ensure community is warned about fires
- 43 Responsibility to issue warnings and provide information
- 44 Emergency Management Commissioner may issue guidelines, procedures and protocols in relation to duty to warn the community
Division 4--Consequence management
- 45 Consequence management
Division 5--Recovery
- 46 Emergency Management Commissioner to be responsible for recovery coordination
- 47 Provision of information in relation to recovery
Division 6--Operational standards for responder agencies
- 48 Emergency Management Commissioner to develop operational standards for responder agencies
- 49 Emergency Management Commissioner must give operational standards to certain persons
Division 7--Incident management operating procedures
- 50 Incident management operating procedures
- 51 Emergency Management Commissioner must give incident management operating procedures to certain persons
- 52 Publication of incident management operating procedures on Internet
PART 5--REGIONAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING COMMITTEES
- 53 Establishment of Regional Emergency Management Planning Committees
- 54 Constitution of Regional Emergency Management Planning Committees
- 55 Chairperson of each Regional Emergency Management Planning Committee
- 56 Procedure of Regional Emergency Management Planning Committees
- 57 Functions of Regional Emergency Management Planning Committees
- 58 Powers of Regional Emergency Management Planning Committees
PART 6--MUNICIPAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING COMMITTEES
- 59 Establishment of Municipal Emergency Management Planning Committees
- 59A Constitution of Municipal Emergency Management Planning Committees
- 59B Chairperson of each Municipal Emergency Management Planning Committee
- 59C Procedure of Municipal Emergency Management Planning Committees
- 59D Functions of Municipal Emergency Management Planning Committees
- 59E Powers of Municipal Emergency Management Planning Committees
- 59F Functions of municipal councils
- 59G Municipal emergency management officers
- 59H Municipal recovery managers
PART 6A--EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANS
Division 1--General
- 60AA Principles underlying the preparation and contents of emergency management plans
- 60AB Definitions
Division 2--Preparation of emergency management plans
- 60AC General requirement on relevant preparers
- 60AD Preparation of state emergency management plan
- 60ADA Preparation of regional emergency management plans
- 60ADB Preparation of municipal emergency management plans
- 60AE Contents of emergency management plans
Division 3--Consultation during preparation
- 60AF Consultation during preparation of state emergency management plan
- 60AFA Consultation during preparation of regional emergency management plans
- 60AFB Consultation during preparation of municipal emergency management plans
Division 4--Approval, publication and review process
- 60AG Submission of statement of assurance to relevant approver
- 60AH Approval of emergency management plan
- 60AI Publication of emergency management plan
- 60AJ When does an emergency management plan come into effect?
- 60AK Compliance with emergency management plan
- 60AL Direction to comply
- 60AM Urgent update of emergency management plan
- 60AN Review of emergency management plan
PART 7--INSPECTOR-GENERAL FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
- 60A Definition
- 61 Inspector-General for Emergency Management
- 61A Remuneration and allowances
- 61B Terms and conditions
- 61C Resignation or vacancy in office
- 61D Suspension and removal from office
- 61E Acting Inspector-General for Emergency Management
- 62 Objectives of the Inspector-General for Emergency Management
- 63 Delegation
- 63A Provision of staff and contractors
- 64 Functions of the Inspector-General for Emergency Management
- 65 Provisions relating to the assurance framework
- 66 Provisions relating to system review
- 67 Provisions relating to advice and reports
- 68 Powers of the Inspector-General for Emergency Management
- 69 Information gathering for the purposes of section 64(1)
- 70 Provisions for reviews and reports for the purposes of section 64(1)
- 70A Power of entry
- 70B Reasonable assistance to be given to Inspector-General for Emergency Management
- 71 Monitoring of Triple Zero Victoria
- 72 Confidential information
- 73 Constraints on access to information not to apply
- 74 Protection of person providing information
PART 7A--CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE RESILIENCE
Division 1--Preliminary
Division 2--Assessment of infrastructure
Division 3--Responsibilities in relation to critical infrastructure
- 74F Who is the relevant Minister?
- 74G Delegation by relevant Minister
- 74H Who is the responsible entity?
- 74I Nomination of Industry Accountable Officer
Division 4--Victorian Critical Infrastructure Register
- 74J Victorian Critical Infrastructure Register
- 74K Access to the Victorian Critical Infrastructure Register
- 74L Review of Victorian Critical Infrastructure Register
Division 5--Resilience improvement cycle
- 74M Resilience improvement cycle
- 74N Statement of assurance
- 74O Powers of relevant Minister
- 74P Emergency risk management plan and documentation
- 74Q Exercise by responsible entity
- 74R Relevant Minister to review exercise
- 74S Responsible entity to conduct audit
- 74T Audit certificate and findings
- 74U Relevant Minister may request second audit
Division 6--General
PART 8--GENERAL
- 75 Immunity
- 76 Regulations
- 76A Additional regulation making powers
- 77 Guidelines for purposes of Parts 5, 6 and 6A
- 77A Declaration of regions—Orders in Council