Section 42 of the Principal Act is amended as follows:(a) by omitting subsection (1) and substituting the following subsection:(1) The Premier may declare a state of emergency if he or she is satisfied, on reasonable grounds, of one or more of the following:(a) that an emergency, or a significant threat of an emergency, is occurring or has occurred in Tasmania;(b) that the existing circumstances require, or may require, the exercise of special emergency powers.(b) by omitting from subsection (3)(a) "not" ;(c) by omitting from subsection (3)(b) "not" .