41BAuthority of declaration of state of alert

41B Authority of declaration of state of alert

[Section 41B of Part 3 Inserted by No. 31 of 2018, s. 23, Applied:10 Dec 2018]

(1)  A person authorised in accordance with section 41A(2)(e) to exercise emergency powers under a declaration of a state of alert may –

(a) only exercise those powers for the purposes of making necessary preparations, or to mitigate risks, in relation to the emergency to which the state of alert relates; and

(b) exercise those powers whether or not he or she has received a written copy of the declaration.

(2)  A person authorised under a declaration of a state of alert to exercise an emergency power may authorise another person to use all or any part of such an emergency power.