EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACT 2005 - SECT 16
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACT 2005 - SECT 16
16 . Designation of cyclone areas
(1) The SEMC may, on
the advice of the agency prescribed as the hazard management agency for
cyclones in the relevant area, designate an area of the State as a cyclone
area.
(2) Before designating
an area under subsection (1) the SEMC is to notify each local government in
whose district any part of the area proposed to be designated is situated and
allow a reasonable time for submissions on the proposal.
(3) In designating an
area under subsection (1) the SEMC is to have regard to any submissions of a
local government.
(4) Notice of the
designation is to be published in the Gazette .