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Disaster Management Act 2003
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### sec.73 Ending disaster situation
As soon as the Minister and the Premier are satisfied it is no longer necessary for a district disaster coordinator or a declared disaster officer to exercise declared disaster powers for the disaster situation, the Minister and the Premier must end the disaster situation.
If the Minister and the Premier end the disaster situation under subsection (1) —
the Minister must—
make a written record of the time and date the disaster situation ended; and
immediately inform the chairperson of the QDMC of the ending of the disaster situation; and
the chairperson of the QDMC must, immediately after being informed under paragraph (a) (ii) , inform the relevant district disaster coordinators and the declared disaster officers exercising declared disaster powers for the disaster situation of the ending of the disaster situation.
Also, the Minister must as soon as practicable give notice of the ending of the disaster situation, and when it ended, by gazette notice.
A regulation extending or further extending a disaster situation expires when the disaster situation ends under this section.
s 73 amd 2024 No. 22 s 92 sch 1
(sec.73-ssec.1) As soon as the Minister and the Premier are satisfied it is no longer necessary for a district disaster coordinator or a declared disaster officer to exercise declared disaster powers for the disaster situation, the Minister and the Premier must end the disaster situation.
(sec.73-ssec.2) If the Minister and the Premier end the disaster situation under subsection (1) — the Minister must— make a written record of the time and date the disaster situation ended; and immediately inform the chairperson of the QDMC of the ending of the disaster situation; and the chairperson of the QDMC must, immediately after being informed under paragraph (a) (ii) , inform the relevant district disaster coordinators and the declared disaster officers exercising declared disaster powers for the disaster situation of the ending of the disaster situation.
(sec.73-ssec.3) Also, the Minister must as soon as practicable give notice of the ending of the disaster situation, and when it ended, by gazette notice.
(sec.73-ssec.4) A regulation extending or further extending a disaster situation expires when the disaster situation ends under this section.
- (a) the Minister must— (i) make a written record of the time and date the disaster situation ended; and (ii) immediately inform the chairperson of the QDMC of the ending of the disaster situation; and
- (i) make a written record of the time and date the disaster situation ended; and
- (ii) immediately inform the chairperson of the QDMC of the ending of the disaster situation; and
- (b) the chairperson of the QDMC must, immediately after being informed under paragraph (a) (ii) , inform the relevant district disaster coordinators and the declared disaster officers exercising declared disaster powers for the disaster situation of the ending of the disaster situation.
- (i) make a written record of the time and date the disaster situation ended; and
- (ii) immediately inform the chairperson of the QDMC of the ending of the disaster situation; and