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RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES (CARAVAN PARKS AND MOVABLE DWELLINGS REGISTRATION AND STANDARDS) REGULATIONS 2020 (SR NO 48 OF 2020) - REG 21

Emergency management planning

    (1)     For the purposes of section 518D(1) of the Act, an emergency management plan must be prepared by a caravan park owner in consultation with the relevant emergency services agencies.

    (2)     In preparing an emergency management plan, a caravan park owner, in consultation with the relevant emergency services agencies, must conduct a risk assessment to identify, analyse and evaluate the emergency risks associated with the caravan park.

    (3)     An emergency management plan must—

        (a)     specify the risks identified, analysed and evaluated by the caravan park owner in the risk assessment; and

        (b)     describe the specified measures to be taken to reduce emergency risks so far as is reasonably practicable, having regard to—

              (i)     the likelihood of an emergency risk eventuating; and

              (ii)     the degree of harm that would result if the emergency risk eventuated; and

              (iii)     the availability and suitability of measures to reduce the emergency risk; and

              (iv)     the cost of reducing the emergency risk.

    (4)     For the purposes of subregulation (3)(b), the specified measures must include—

        (a)     preventative measures to reduce—

              (i)     the likelihood of an emergency affecting the caravan park; and

              (ii)     the degree of harm that would result if the caravan park is affected by an emergency; and

        (b)     emergency procedures to be followed by the caravan park owner on receiving a public emergency warning or in the event of an emergency, including—

              (i)     communication measures; and

              (ii)     response measures; and

              (iii)     evacuation procedures; and

        (c)     emergency procedures to be followed by residents, short term occupiers and all other persons at the caravan park in the event of an emergency, including—

              (i)     communication measures; and

              (ii)     response measures; and

              (iii)     evacuation procedures.



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