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If you require an accessible version please contact [email protected] and cite "Proactive Release: Strengthening Emergency Management: Legislative Reform (ECO-25-SUB-0117)" as a reference.
The following document has been proactively released by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, and National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), on behalf of Hon Mark Mitchell, Minister for Emergency Management and Recovery:
Strengthening Emergency Management: Legislative Reform
The following documents have been included in this release:
- Title of paper: Strengthening emergency management: decisions on legislative reform (ECO-25-SUB-0117 refers)
- Annex 1: Indicative Detailed Legislative Proposals
- Annex 2: Proposals exempt from regulatory impact analysis – increased penalties and limitation of civil liability for issuance of warnings
- Annex 3: Proposed functions of CDEM Groups and local authorities
- Regulatory Impact Statement: Strengthening New Zealand’s emergency management legislation
- Title of minute: Report of the Cabinet Economic Policy Committee: Period Ended 25 July 2025 (CAB-25-MIN-0249 refers)
- Title of minute: Strengthening Emergency Management: Legislative Reform (ECO-25-MIN-0117 refers)
Some parts of this information release would not be appropriate to release and, if requested, would be withheld under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act). Where this is the case, the relevant section of the Act that would apply has been identified. Where information has been withheld, no public interest has been identified that would outweigh the reasons for withholding it.
Key to redaction code:
- section 9(2)(f)(iv), to maintain the confidentiality of advice tendered by or to Ministers and officials.