Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002

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General provisions applying to declaration of state of national emergency or state of local emergency

70 Commencement and duration of state of emergency
  • (1) A state of emergency comes into force immediately on the making of the declaration declaring it, or at a later time and date stated in that declaration.

    (2) A state of emergency expires with the commencement of the seventh day after the date on which it was declared, or any earlier time and date that may be stated in the declaration of the state of emergency.

    (3) Nothing in this section prevents the extension or termination of a state of emergency under section 71 or section 72.

    Compare: 1983 No 46 s 54