Emergency Management Regulations 2020


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Emergency Management Regulations 2020

I, the Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, make the following regulations under the Emergency Management Act 2006 .

14 May 2020

C. WARNER

Governor

By Her Excellency's Command,

MARK SHELTON

Minister for Police, Fire and Emergency Management

1.   Short title

These regulations may be cited as the Emergency Management Regulations 2020 .

2.   Commencement

These regulations take effect on the day after the day on which their making is notified in the Gazette.

3.   Interpretation

In these regulations –
Act means the Emergency Management Act 2006 .

4.   Infringement notice offences

For the purposes of section 60C of the Act –
(a) an offence against section 60(c) of the Act is prescribed as an infringement offence; and
(b) the penalty payable under an infringement notice for that offence is –
(i) in the case of an individual, 4.5 penalty units; and
(ii) in the case of a body corporate, 29.75 penalty units.

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.

Notified in the Gazette on 15 May 2020

These regulations are administered in the Department of Police, Fire and Emergency Management.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the regulation)

These regulations prescribe, for the purposes of the Emergency Management Act 2006  –
(a) a failure to comply with a lawful requirement or direction of an emergency management worker as an offence in respect of which an infringement notice may be issued and served under that Act; and
(b) the penalty payable under an infringement notice for that offence.