National Civil Defence Emergency Management Plan Amendment Order 2019

2019/277

Coat of Arms of New Zealand

National Civil Defence Emergency Management Plan Amendment Order 2019

Patsy Reddy, Governor-General

Order in Council

At Wellington this 18th day of November 2019

Present:
The Right Hon Jacinda Ardern presiding in Council

This order is made under section 47 of the Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002—

(a)

on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council; and

(b)

on the recommendation of the Minister of Civil Defence made after being satisfied that the amendments made by this order will have no effect or no likely effect on the rights of any person and no effect or no more than a minor effect on the obligations of any person.

Order

1 Title

This order is the National Civil Defence Emergency Management Plan Amendment Order 2019.

2 Commencement

This order comes into force on 1 December 2019.

3 Principal order

This order amends the National Civil Defence Emergency Management Plan Order 2015 (the principal order).

4 Schedule amended

(1)

In the Schedule, clause 2(1), revoke the definition of MCDEM.

(2)

In the Schedule, clause 2(1), insert in its appropriate alphabetical order:

NEMA means the National Emergency Management Agency

(3)

In the Schedule, replace the cross-heading above clause 21 with:

National Emergency Management Agency

5 References to MCDEM replaced

In the principal order, replace “MCDEM” with “NEMA” in each place.

Michael Webster,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Explanatory note

This note is not part of the order, but is intended to indicate its general effect.

This order, which comes into force on 1 December 2019, amends the National Civil Defence Emergency Management Plan Order 2015. It replaces the definition of MCDEM (the Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management), with a definition of NEMA (the National Emergency Management Agency). It also replaces all references to MCDEM with references to NEMA, which is the agency that is replacing MCDEM.

Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2012.

Date of notification in Gazette: 21 November 2019.

This order is administered by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.