The purpose of this Act is to—
(a) facilitate the response to the Canterbury earthquake:
(b) provide adequate statutory power to assist with the response to the Canterbury earthquake:
(c) enable the relaxation or suspension of provisions in enactments that—
(i) may divert resources away from the effort to—
(A) efficiently respond to the damage caused by the Canterbury earthquake:
(B) minimise further damage; or
(ii) may not be reasonably capable of being complied with, or complied with fully, owing to the circumstances resulting from the Canterbury earthquake:
(d) facilitate the gathering of information about any structure or any infrastructure affected by the Canterbury earthquake that is relevant to understanding how to minimise the damage caused by future earthquakes:
(e) provide protection from liability for certain acts or omissions.