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Community Welfare Act 1987
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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.
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> > (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.
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> > (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.
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> **s 37A:** Ins 1988 No 8, Sch 1 (5).