Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts Australian Capital Territory Numbered Actsin chapter 8, insert
182A Definitions—ch 8
In this chapter:
"emergency operation" means an operation carried out by an emergency service in response to an emergency.
"emergency operation notice"—see section 182B.
182B Emergency operation notice
(1) This section applies if—
(a) the Minister is satisfied that an emergency has happened, is happening or is likely to happen in the ACT; and
(b) neither a state of alert nor a state of emergency have been declared for the emergency; and
(c) the Minister is satisfied that the emergency requires an emergency operation.
(2) The Minister must, as soon as practicable, prepare a written notice (an emergency operation notice ) setting out the following:
(a) that an emergency operation has started;
(b) when and where the emergency operation started;
(c) the nature of the emergency;
(d) if the Minister knows when the emergency operation will end—the day on which the operation ends;
(e) any other information prescribed by regulation.
(3) As soon as practicable after issuing the notice, the Minister must ensure the notice is—
(a) broadcast in the ACT by television or radio; and
(b) posted using social media; and
(c) notified under the Legislation Act
as if it were a notifiable instrument.
(4) The notice ends—
(a) at the end of the day on which the emergency operation is stated to end in the notice; or
(b) if no end day is stated in the notice—the end of the day on which the notice is revoked.
(5) A failure to comply with subsection (3) does not affect the validity of the notice.
(6) For subsection (1), the Minister may be satisfied that an emergency is likely to happen if the Minister is satisfied that an event that has happened or is happening, or a circumstance that exists, gives rise to the likelihood of an emergency.