Div 2AElectric lines and municipal emergency management plans

Division 2A—Electric lines and municipal emergency management plans

S. 86B (Heading) amended by No. 36/2018 s. 81(2).

S. 86B inserted by No. 55/2010 s. 19, amended by Nos 2/2014 s. 9, 36/2018 s. 81(3).

86B Municipal emergency management plans must specify procedures for the identification of trees that are hazardous to electric lines

Without limiting section 60ADB or 60AN of the Emergency Management Act 2013, a Municipal Emergency Management Planning Committee must, in a municipal emergency management plan prepared under section 60ADB or in an updated municipal emergency management plan prepared under section 60AN (as the case may be), specify—

(a) procedures and criteria for the identification of trees that are likely to fall onto, or come into contact with, an electric line (hazard trees); and

(b) procedures for the notification of responsible persons of trees that are hazard trees in relation to electric lines for which they are responsible.

Pt 8 Div. 3 (Heading) inserted by No. 13/2025 s. 15.

Division 3—Publication of, and offences against, Code

S. 87 amended by Nos 38/2000 s. 24(e)(f), 25/2004 s. 23, 6/2010 s. 203(1)(Sch. 6 item 16.3) (as amended by No. 45/2010 s. 22), 55/2010 s. 21, 70/2013 s. 4(Sch. 2 item 16), 49/2019 s. 186(Sch. 4 item 16.4), 4/2020 s. 18(2), 11/2024 s. 84, repealed by No. 13/2025 s. 16.[1]

S. 88 amended by No. 39/2005 s. 48(Sch. 1 item 2), repealed by No. 13/2025 s. 16.

S. 88A inserted by No. 55/2010 s. 22, repealed by No. 13/2025, s. 16.