I, [full name], extend the state of national emergency declared at [specify time and date]† over the whole of New Zealand/for [specify names of Civil Defence Emergency Management Group areas or districts]* owing to [describe emergency].
The state of national emergency is extended for 7 days immediately before the expiry of the original declaration/the last extension*.
Declared by: [signature]
Designation: Minister of Civil Defence/[specify other Minister of the Crown]*
†Include times and dates when any extensions took effect. |
*Select one. |
Time and date of declaration:
Notes
1
The Minister must advise the House of Representatives as soon as practicable of the making of this declaration.
2
This declaration must also be—
(a)
notified to the public immediately by any means of communication that are reasonably practicable in the circumstances; and
(b)
published in the Gazette as soon as practicable. It is recommended that publication in the Gazette occur within 20 working days after the state of emergency is terminated.
3
Calculating the extension of “7 days”
for a declaration extending the state of emergency: If the extension came into force at 9.35 am on 1 January, it would expire at 9.35 am on 8 January. If the extension came into force at 9.35 am on a Friday, it would expire at 9.35 am on the following Friday.
4
If this is a second or subsequent extension of a state of emergency, specify the time and date when each previous extension took effect and the time and date when the state of emergency was first declared.
Schedule 2 form 3: substituted, on 1 August 2010, by regulation 6 of the Civil Defence Emergency Management Amendment Regulations 2010 (SR 2010/176).
Schedule 2 form 3: amended, on 25 March 2012, by section 11(5) of the Civil Defence Emergency Management Amendment Act 2012 (2012 No 6).
Schedule 2 form 3: amended, on 25 March 2012, by section 11(6) of the Civil Defence Emergency Management Amendment Act 2012 (2012 No 6).
Schedule 2 form 3: amended, on 25 March 2012, by section 11(7) of the Civil Defence Emergency Management Amendment Act 2012 (2012 No 6).
Schedule 2 form 3: amended, on 25 March 2012, by section 11(8) of the Civil Defence Emergency Management Amendment Act 2012 (2012 No 6).