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Emergency Management Act 2006
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19 Combined areas
(1) On the written application of 2 or more councils, the Minister may determine that the municipal areas governed by those councils are a combined area for the purpose of the establishment of a Municipal Emergency Management Committee in respect of the combined area.
(2) An application is to specify which council is responsible for providing the Municipal Chairperson for the proposed combined area.
(3) The Minister must not determine that municipal areas are a combined area if all the municipal areas are not within the same region.