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C.C.S.M. c. E80

The Emergency Measures Act

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Table of Contents

1 Definitions
PART I
ADMINISTRATION
2 Emergency Measures Organization
(2) Staff
(3) Powers and duties
2.1 EMO's mandate
2.2 EMO's emergency preparation 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 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
8.1 Emergency management programs
(2) Contents
(3) Periodic review
(4) Program to co-ordinator
8.2 [Repealed]
8.3 Business continuity plans
(2) Approval of plan
(3) When plan is not approved
(4) Minister may set deadline
(5) Changes to be submitted for approval
(6) Periodic review
PART III
EMERGENCY RESPONSE
9 Implementation of provincial emergency plan
(2) Implementation of local emergency plans
10 Declaration of a state of emergency
(2) Description of emergency and affected area
(3) Communication of declaration
(4) Duration of declaration
(5) Statutes and Regulations Act does not apply
11 Declaration of a state of local emergency
(2) Mayor or reeve may declare
(2.1) Duration of declaration
(3) Description of emergency and affected area
(3.1) Declaration to be communicated to minister
(4) Communication of declaration
(5) Extension of declaration
(5.1) No subsequent declaration for same event
(6) Information to co-ordinator
12 Order powers — minister, local authority
(2) Compliance with evacuation order
(3) Exceptions
(3.1) Evacuation and rescue plan required
(4) Business continuity plans and critical services
(5) Regulations Act not applicable
(6) Minister's order to prevail
12.2 Qualifications — member of assisting force
12.3 [Repealed]
12.4 Definitions
12.5 Purpose — temporary suspension order
12.6 Application — temporary suspension order
(2) Restrictions — temporary suspension order
(3) Temporary suspension order — Lieutenant Governor in Council
(4) General or specific
12.7 Limited duration of temporary suspension order
(2) Determination of temporary suspension period
(3) Retroactive effect
12.8 Renewal of temporary suspension order
12.9 Effect of temporary suspension — limitation and other periods
(2) Effect of temporary suspension — fee
(3) Effect of temporary suspension — late fees, interest, penalties
12.10 Compliance with replacement provision
12.11 Conflict
12.12 Publication
12.13 Statutes and Regulations Act does not apply
12.14 Order — varying reporting deadlines for government and government agencies
(2) Duration of varied deadline
(3) Compliance
(4) Other provisions apply
12.15 Speaker may vary deadline or time period
(2) Duration of varied deadline
(3) Expiry
(4) Compliance
(5) Other provisions apply
12.16 Order may not be made re information access request
13 Compensation for loss
14 Termination of state of emergency
(2) Statutes and Regulations Act does not apply
15 Termination of a state of local emergency
(2) Minister may terminate
(3) Statutes and Regulations Act does not apply
PART IV
DISASTER ASSISTANCE
16 Recovery of expenditures
16.1 Disaster assistance for loss
(2) Disaster assistance is gratuitous
17 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
PART V
GENERAL PROVISIONS
18 Protection from liability
(2) Prerogative writs not to apply
18.1 Apprehension — failure to comply with emergency evacuation order
(2) Entry into premises — emergency evacuation order
(3) Reasonable force
(4) Information that must be provided
(5) Minimum period of apprehension
18.2 Order to pay costs
(2) Enforcement of order
18.3 Cost recovery by municipality
19 [Repealed]
19.1 Regulations re enforcement officer
20 Offence
(1.1) Definition
(1.2) Arrest without warrant
(2) Penalty — individual
(2.1) Penalty — corporation
(3) Penalty — failing to comply with evacuation order
(4) Time limit for prosecution
(5) Increased penalty
(6) Exception
(7) Due diligence defence
20.1 Evidence of declaration or order
21 Act to prevail
22 Repeal
23 Reference in C.C.S.M.
24 Commencement of Act