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Disaster Management Act 2003
sec.57Plan for disaster management in local government area
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### sec.57 Plan for disaster management in local government area
A local government must prepare a plan (a local disaster management plan ) for disaster management in the local government’s area.
The plan must include provision for the following—
the QDMC’s strategic policy framework for disaster management for the State, and the local government’s policies for disaster management;
the roles and responsibilities of entities involved in disaster operations and disaster management in the area;
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 area;
strategies and priorities for disaster management for the area;
the matters stated in the disaster management guidelines as matters to be included in the plan;
other matters about disaster management in the area the local government considers appropriate.
s 57 amd 2024 No. 22 s 92 sch 1
(sec.57-ssec.1) A local government must prepare a plan (a local disaster management plan ) for disaster management in the local government’s area.
(sec.57-ssec.2) The plan must include provision for the following— the QDMC’s strategic policy framework for disaster management for the State, and the local government’s policies for disaster management; the roles and responsibilities of entities involved in disaster operations and disaster management in the area; 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 area; strategies and priorities for disaster management for the area; the matters stated in the disaster management guidelines as matters to be included in the plan; other matters about disaster management in the area the local government considers appropriate.
- (a) the QDMC’s strategic policy framework for disaster management for the State, and the local government’s policies for disaster management;
- (b) the roles and responsibilities of entities involved in disaster operations and disaster management in the area;
- (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 area;
- (e) strategies and priorities for disaster management for the area;
- (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 area the local government considers appropriate.