Section 40 of the Principal Act is amended as follows:

(a) by omitting from subsection (1)(a) "emergency" first occurring and substituting "emergency, or a significant threat of an emergency," ;

(b) by omitting from subsection (1)(b) "elsewhere in Australia" and substituting "outside Tasmania" ;

(c) by omitting paragraph (f) from subsection (3) and substituting the following paragraph:

(f) may specify either or both of the following:

(i) that a specific emergency power may be exercised under the authorisation by an authorised officer or class of authorised officers;

(ii) that an authorised officer or class of authorised officers may exercise all emergency powers exercisable under the authorisation; and