5th Session, 42nd Legislature
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Bill 22
THE EMERGENCY MEASURES AMENDMENT ACT
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(Assented to )
HIS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, enacts as follows:
1 The Emergency Measures Act is amended by this Act.
2 Section 1 is amended
(a) in the definition "continuity plan", by striking out "critical" and substituting "the delivery of";
(b) in the definition "co-ordinator", by striking out "Measures" and substituting "Management"; and
(c) in the definition "local authority", by replacing clauses (e) to (f.1) with the following:
(e) with respect to land in northern Manitoba other than in an incorporated community, the minister responsible for the administration of The Northern Affairs Act,
(f) with respect to provincial parks designated under section 7 of The Provincial Parks Act, the minister responsible for the administration of that Act,
(f.1) with respect to wildlife management areas or wildlife refuges designated under section 2 of The Wildlife Act, the minister responsible for the administration of section 2 of that Act,
(f.2) with respect to agricultural Crown lands within the meaning of The Crown Lands Act, the minister responsible for the administration of section 7.2 of that Act,
(f.3) with respect to Crown lands within the meaning of The Crown Lands Act other than agricultural Crown lands, the minister responsible for the administration of section 6 of that Act,
3(1) Subsection 2(1) is replaced with the following:
Manitoba Emergency Management Organization
2(1) The Manitoba Emergency Measures Organization is hereby continued under the name "Manitoba Emergency Management Organization" as a branch of the department administered by the minister.
3(2) Subsection 2(2) and the part of subsection 2(3) before clause (a) are amended by striking out "Measures" and substituting "Management".
4 In the following provisions, "Measures" is struck out and "Management" is substituted:
(a) section 2.1 in the part before clause (a);
(b) section 2.2 in the part before clause (a).
5 Section 6 is amended
(a) by replacing clause (b.1) with the following:
(b.1) designating a corporation or other person, organization or entity that provides a critical service, or a class of any of them, other than a department or a local authority, as a critical service provider;
(b) in clause (b.3), by adding "critical service provider's" after "content of a".
6 Clause 7(d) is amended by striking out "Measures" and substituting "Management".
7 Section 8.1 is replaced with the following:
Continuity plans — departments
8.1(1) Every department must, in accordance with the directions of the minister, prepare a continuity plan for the services it provides.
Emergency management programs — departments
8.1(2) The minister may require a department to prepare an emergency management program and provide the department directions with respect to the program's preparation.
8.1(3) A department must review and revise any continuity plan or emergency management program it is required to prepare under subsection (1) or (2) on a regular basis and when directed to do so by the minister.
Plan or program given to co-ordinator
8.1(4) A department must give the co-ordinator the most recent version of its continuity plan or emergency management program.
8(1) Subsections 8.3(1) and (2) are replaced with the following:
Continuity plans — critical service providers
8.3(1) Every critical service provider must, in accordance with the regulations, prepare a continuity plan for critical services specified in the regulations and submit the continuity plan to the co-ordinator.
Referring plan back to critical service provider
8.3(2) After a continuity plan has been submitted to the co-ordinator under this section, the co-ordinator may refer it back to the critical service provider for further action with any recommendations or directions the co-ordinator considers appropriate.
8(2) Subsection 8.3(3) is amended
(a) by replacing the section heading with "Plan to be resubmitted";
(b) by adding "continuity" after "When a"; and
(c) by striking out "for approval".
8(3) Subsection 8.3(5) is amended
(a) in the section heading, by striking out "for approval";
(b) by striking out "proposes to change" and substituting "makes a change to"; and
(c) by striking out "proposed".
9 In the following provisions, "Measures Organization" is struck out and "Management Organization" is substituted:
(a) subsection 16.1(1);
(b) subsection 17(6);
(c) clauses 17(7)(b) and (c).
Consequential amendment, C.C.S.M. c. H60
10 The definition "government emergency organization" in subsection 1(1) of The Highway Traffic Act is amended by striking out "Measures Organization" and substituting "Management Organization".
Consequential amendments, C.C.S.M. c. R32
11 The following provisions of The Red River Floodway Act are amended by striking out "Measures Organization" and substituting "Management Organization":
(a) subsection 3(2) in the section heading and in the part before clause (a);
(b) subsection 3(3);
(c) subsection 4(1);
(d) clause 11(2)(a).
Consequential amendments, C.C.S.M. c. W70
12 The following provisions of The Water Resources Administration Act are amended by striking out "Measures Organization" and substituting "Management Organization":
(a) subsection 12.2(2) in the section heading and in the part before clause (a);
(b) subsection 12.2(3);
(c) subsection 12.3(1);
(d) clause 12.7(3)(a).
Consequential amendments, C.C.S.M. c. W200
13 Subclause 1(4)(e)(ii) and clause 1(7)(f) of The Workers Compensation Act are amended by striking out "Measures Organization" and substituting "Management Organization".
14 This Act comes into force on the day it receives royal assent.