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C.C.S.M. c. E80

The Emergency Measures Act

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1 Definitions
PART I
ADMINISTRATION
2 (1) Emergency Measures Organization
(2) Staff
(3) Powers and duties
3 Advisory committee
4 Other committees and boards
5 Remuneration
PART II
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
6 Powers of the L. G. in C.
7 Powers and duties of the minister
8 (1) Powers of the local authorities
(2) Approval of program or plan
(3) When program or plan is not approved
(4) Minister may act on behalf of local authority
(5) Failure to adopt program or plan
(6) Costs are debt due to government
(7) Changes to be submitted for approval
(8) Periodic review
(9) Transitional
PART III
EMERGENCY RESPONSE
9 (1) Implementation of emergency plans
(2) Implementation of local emergency plans
10 (1) Declaration of a state of emergency
(2) Identification of emergency and affected area
(3) Communication of declaration
(4) Duration of declaration
(5) Regulations Act not applicable
11 (1) State of emergency in a municipality
(2) Mayor or reeve may declare
(3) Declaration to identify area
(4) Communication of declaration
(5) Extension of duration of declaration
12 Emergency powers
12.1 Evidence of declaration or order
12.2 Qualifications — member of assisting force
13 Compensation for loss
14 (1) Termination of state of emergency
(2) Regulations Act not applicable
15 (1) Termination of a state of local emergency
(2) Minister may terminate
(3) Regulations Act not applicable
PART IV
GENERAL
16 Recovery of expenditures
16.1 (1) Disaster assistance for loss
(2) Assistance is gratuitous
17 (1) Establishment of Disaster Assistance Appeal Board
(1.1) Appointing additional members
(2) Chairperson and vice-chairperson
(2.1) Role of the vice-chairperson
(3) Term of office
(4) Remuneration
(5) Rules of procedure
(5.1) Board may sit in panels
(5.2) Chairperson to determine panel membership
(5.3) Decision of panel is a decision of the Board
(6) Disaster assistance appeal
(7) Duties of board
(8) No further appeal
(9) Annual report
18 (1) Protection from liability
(2) Prerogative writs not to apply
19 Repealed
20 (1) Offence
(2) Penalty
21 (1) Act to prevail
(2) Minister's order to prevail
22 Repeal
23 Reference in C.C.S.M.
24 Commencement of Act