Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002

National civil defence emergency management plan

39 National civil defence emergency management plan
  • (1) The Governor-General may, by Order in Council made on the recommendation of the Minister, make a national civil defence emergency management plan.

    (2) The national civil defence emergency management plan must state and provide for—

    • (a) the hazards and risks to be managed at the national level:

    • (b) the civil defence emergency management necessary at the national level to manage the hazards and risks described under paragraph (a):

    • (c) the objectives of the plan and the relationship of each objective to the national civil defence emergency management strategy:

    • (d) the co-ordination of civil defence emergency management during a state of national emergency:

    • (e) the period for which the plan remains in force.

    (3) The national civil defence emergency management plan may authorise a person to exercise the power in section 88.

    (4) A national civil defence emergency management plan made under this section is a regulation for the purposes of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989, but is not a regulation for the purposes of the Regulations (Disallowance) Act 1989.