22Functions and powers of Municipal Committees

22 Functions and powers of Municipal Committees

(1)  Each Municipal Committee has the following functions:

(a) to institute and coordinate, and to support the institution and coordination of, emergency management in the municipal area or, in the case of a combined area, in the municipal areas that constitute the combined area, including the preparation and review of the Municipal Emergency Management Plan and Special Emergency Management Plans that relate to emergency management in that municipal area or any one or more of those municipal areas;

(b) to determine and review emergency management policy for the municipal area, or the municipal areas, referred to in paragraph (a) ;

(c) to review the management of emergencies that have occurred in the municipal area, or the municipal areas, referred to in paragraph (a) and identify and promote opportunities for improvement in emergency management;

(d) [Section 22 Subsection (1) amended by No. 31 of 2018, s. 14, Applied:10 Dec 2018] to report to the Regional Controller on any municipal matters that relate to the functions and powers of the Regional Controller or Regional Committee;

(e) at the direction of the Municipal Chairperson or a Municipal Coordinator, to assist him or her or a council in the performance and exercise of his, her or its functions and powers under this Act;

(f) other functions imposed from time to time by the Regional Committee or Regional Controller;

(fa) [Section 22 Subsection (1) amended by No. 31 of 2018, s. 14, Applied:10 Dec 2018] other functions imposed on the Municipal Committee by a Municipal Emergency Management Plan or a Special Emergency Plan that relates to emergency management in the municipal area, or the municipal areas, referred to in paragraph (a) ;

(g) other functions imposed by this or any other Act;

(h) prescribed functions.

(2)  [Section 22 Subsection (2) substituted by No. 31 of 2018, s. 14, Applied:10 Dec 2018] A Municipal Committee has the following powers: