2014-05-20 Planning & Organisation Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                  20 MAY 2014




DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY
TITLE: DISASTER MANAGEMENT Delegation No. 2014-04
Delegation by the Council to:                                 Date:
Chief Executive Officer

Delegation by the Chief Executive Officer to:                 Date approved:

Source of Authority:
Local Government Act 2009 – Section 257
Disaster Management Act 2003

Delegated Power:

To exercise the powers of council pursuant to the Disaster Management Act 2003.

DESCRIPTION OF POWER DELEGATED                                                 LEGISLATION

Power to appoint a person to a District Disaster Management Group for a        Section 24
disaster district.

Power to nominate a person to a Temporary District Disaster Management Section 28B
Group.
Power to establish a Local Disaster Management Group for the local Section 29
government area.
Power to agree to unite with one or more other local government/s for the      Section 31
purpose of establishing a local group.
Power to appoint a person as a member of a Local Disaster Management           Section 33
Group.
Power to appoint a chairperson and deputy chairperson of a Local Disaster      Section 34
Management Group.
Power to provide, at least once a year, written notice of the members of a     Section 37
Local Disaster Management Group to the chief executive and the chairperson
for the disaster district in which the Local Disaster Management Group is
situated.
Power to prepare a local disaster management plan for disaster management      Section 57(1)
in the local government’s area.
Power to review, or renew, its local disaster management plan when local       Section 59
government considers it appropriate.
Power to, on payment of the appropriate fee, give a person a copy of the local Section 60
disaster management plan.



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