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EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACT 2013 (NO. 73 OF 2013) - SECT 69

Information gathering for purpose of section 64(1)(b), (c), (f) or (g)

    (1)     The Inspector-General for Emergency Management, by written notice, may require a relevant agency to give to the Inspector-General for Emergency Management any information that the Inspector-General for Emergency Management reasonably believes is necessary for the purposes of performing the function specified in sections 64(1)(b), (c), (f) or (g).

    (2)     Within 28 days of receiving a notice under subsection (1), the relevant agency must give the information to the Inspector-General for Emergency Management, unless—

        (a)     the Inspector-General for Emergency Management has agreed to allow an extension of time for the giving of the information; or

        (b)     the Inspector-General for Emergency Management has agreed that the relevant agency is not able to give the information.

    (3)     If the Inspector-General for Emergency Management reasonably believes that it is urgent that information required to be given under a notice under subsection (1), be given within a lesser time than that specified in subsection (2), the Inspector-General for Emergency Management may specify a lesser period for the giving of the information and the information must be given within the period so specified.

    (4)     If the Inspector-General for Emergency Management has agreed to allow an extension of time under subsection (2), the relevant agency must give the information to the Inspector-General for Emergency Management within the time agreed on.

    (5)     In this section and section 70, "relevant agency" means any of the following—

        (a)     an agency or Department;

        (b)     the Emergency Management Commissioner;

        (c)     the Emergency Services Telecommunications Authority;

        (d)     any other public entity within the meaning of section 5 of the Public Administration Act 2004 ;

        (e)     any non-government body or organisation prescribed for the purposes of this section.



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