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Community Welfare Act 1987
37ADeclaration of disasters
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37A Declaration of disasters
37A Declaration of disasters
(1) The Minister may, by order in writing, declare a disaster to be a disaster to which section 38 applies.
(2) The Minister shall not make such an order unless satisfied that the disaster is of such a nature as to warrant its being treated as a disaster to which section 38 applies.
(3) The Minister shall, as soon as practicable after making such an order, cause a copy of the order to be published in the Gazette.
s 37A: Ins 1988 No 8, Sch 1 (5).