Lower Austria Disaster Relief Law. Country/Territory Austria Territorial subdivision Niederösterreich Document type Legislation Date 1973 (2012) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Environment gen. Keyword Basic legislation Pollution control Hazards Hazardous substances Institution Financing Public health Local government Offences/penalties Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Western Europe Entry into force notes The present Law enters into force on 1 May 1973. Abstract The present Law implements the Council Directive 96/82/EC on the control of major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances of 9 December 1996. In particular, the Law lays down provisions relating to relief of natural or any other disaster occurring in Lower Austria. Article 1 establishes that a “disaster” occurs if a natural event or any other event has induced or shall induce a major damage to people or property. The text consists of 18 articles divided into 6 Parts as follows: General provisions (1); Disaster relief (2); Disaster Relief Service (3); Director of operations, operational control on behalf of the regional government, alerting and identification of the Emergency Service (4); Disaster protection plan, vocational training for disaster relief and bearing of costs (5); Penalties and final provisions (6). Full text German Website www.ris.bka.gv.at References - Legislation Implements Council Directive 96/82/EC on the control of major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances. Legislation | European Union | 1996 Keyword: Pollution control, Hazardous substances, Inspection, Access-to-information, Data collection/reporting, Institution, Public health Source: FAO, FAOLEX