After section 66 of the Principal Act , the following section is inserted in Part 4:

67.     Savings and transitional provisions consequent on commencement of Emergency Management Amendment Act 2018

(1)  In this section –

commencement day means the day on which the Emergency Management Amendment Act 2018 commences.

(2)  On the commencement day –

(a) the Ministerial committee established under section 12, as in existence immediately before that day, is abolished; and

(b) the appointment of each member to that Ministerial committee is revoked.

(3)  The Tasmanian Emergency Management Plan that is in force immediately before the commencement day –

(a) is taken, on and after that day, to be approved as the TEMA under section 32 ; and

(b) on and after that day, may be amended or substituted under that section; and

(c) expires as the TEMA on the earlier of the following events:

(i) the approval of a new arrangements document under that section as a TEMA;

(ii) on the first anniversary of the commencement day.