EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACT 2005 - SECT 41
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACT 2005 - SECT 41
41 . Emergency management arrangements in local government district
(1) A local government
is to ensure that arrangements ( local emergency management arrangements ) for
emergency management in the local government’s district are prepared.
(2) The local
emergency management arrangements are to set out —
(a) the
local government’s policies for emergency management; and
(b) the
roles and responsibilities of public authorities and other persons involved in
emergency management in the local government district; and
(c)
provisions about the coordination of emergency operations and activities
relating to emergency management performed by the persons mentioned in
paragraph (b); and
(d) a
description of emergencies that are likely to occur in the local government
district; and
(e)
strategies and priorities for emergency management in the local government
district; and
(f)
other matters about emergency management in the local government district
prescribed by the regulations; and
(g)
other matters about emergency management in the local government district the
local government considers appropriate.
(3) Local emergency
management arrangements are to be consistent with the State emergency
management policies and State emergency management plans.
(4) Local emergency
management arrangements are to include a recovery plan and the nomination of a
local recovery coordinator.
(5) A local government
is to deliver a copy of its local emergency management arrangements, and any
amendment to the arrangements, to the SEMC as soon as is practicable after
they are prepared.