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Disaster Management Act 2003
sec.53Plan for disaster management in disaster district
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### sec.53 Plan for disaster management in disaster district
A district group must prepare a plan (a district disaster management plan ) for disaster management in the disaster district for the group.
The plan must include provision for the following—
the QDMC’s strategic policy framework for disaster management for the State;
the roles and responsibilities of entities involved in disaster operations and disaster management in the district;
the coordination of disaster operations and activities relating to disaster management performed by the entities mentioned in paragraph (b) ;
events that are likely to happen in the district;
priorities for disaster management for the district;
the matters stated in the disaster management guidelines as matters to be included in the plan;
other matters about disaster management in the disaster district the group considers appropriate.
s 53 amd 2004 No. 53 s 2 sch ; 2024 No. 22 s 92 sch 1
(sec.53-ssec.1) A district group must prepare a plan (a district disaster management plan ) for disaster management in the disaster district for the group.
(sec.53-ssec.2) The plan must include provision for the following— the QDMC’s strategic policy framework for disaster management for the State; the roles and responsibilities of entities involved in disaster operations and disaster management in the district; the coordination of disaster operations and activities relating to disaster management performed by the entities mentioned in paragraph (b) ; events that are likely to happen in the district; priorities for disaster management for the district; the matters stated in the disaster management guidelines as matters to be included in the plan; other matters about disaster management in the disaster district the group considers appropriate.
- (a) the QDMC’s strategic policy framework for disaster management for the State;
- (b) the roles and responsibilities of entities involved in disaster operations and disaster management in the district;
- (c) the coordination of disaster operations and activities relating to disaster management performed by the entities mentioned in paragraph (b) ;
- (d) events that are likely to happen in the district;
- (e) priorities for disaster management for the district;
- (f) the matters stated in the disaster management guidelines as matters to be included in the plan;
- (g) other matters about disaster management in the disaster district the group considers appropriate.