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EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACT 2013

Table of Provisions

PART 1--PRELIMINARY

  • 1 Purpose  
  • 2 Commencement  
  • 3 Definitions  
  • 4 Interpretation  
  • 5 Objectives of Act  

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

  • 74A Object of this Part  
  • 74B Definitions  
  • 74C What is an essential service?  

Division 2--Assessment of infrastructure

  • 74D Assessment of infrastructure  
  • 74E Designation of vital critical 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

  • 74V Offences  
  • 74W Guidelines  
  • 74X Savings and transitional  

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  

PART 9--TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

  • 78 Assurance framework  
  • 79 Regional and municipal district emergency response coordinators  
  • 80 Senior Police Liaison Officer  
  • 81 Municipal emergency management plan  
  • ENDNOTES

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