EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACT 2005 - SECT 26

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACT 2005 - SECT 26

26 .         State Emergency Coordination Group

        (1)         If a state of emergency is declared, a State Emergency Coordination Group is established.

        (2)         If an emergency occurs or is imminent, the State Emergency Coordinator may, on the request of the relevant hazard management agency, or on his or her own initiative and in consultation with the relevant hazard management agency, establish a State Emergency Coordination Group.

        (3)         The State Emergency Coordination Group is to consist of —

            (a)         the State Emergency Coordinator; and

            (b)         the chairman of the SEMC; and

            (c)         the executive officer of the SEMC appointed under section 13(2)(c); and

            (d)         a representative of the relevant hazard management agency; and

            (e)         a person who is representative of the local governments in the emergency area, or in the area where the emergency is occurring or is imminent, as the case requires, nominated by the State Emergency Coordinator; and

            (f)         such other members as are, in the opinion of the State Emergency Coordinator, necessary.

        (4)         The State Emergency Coordinator is the chairman of the State Emergency Coordination Group.

        (5)         The State Emergency Coordination Group may determine its own procedures.

        (6)         The State Emergency Coordination Group ceases to be established on a day determined by the State Emergency Coordinator.