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Disaster Management Act 1984.

País/Territorio
Papua Nueva Guinea
Tipo de documento
Legislación
Fecha
1984 (2006)
Fuente
FAO, FAOLEX
Fuente original
Papua New Guinea Consolidated Legislation 2006.
Título completo
Being an Act to make provision with respect to emergencies arising out of epidemics, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and other disasters, and for related purposes.
Materia
Medio ambiente gen.
Palabra clave
Peligros Institución Legislación básica
Área geográphica
Asia y Pacifico, Melanesia, Oceania, Pequeños estados insulares en desarrollo, Pacífico Sur
Resumen

The purpose of this Act is to establish a framework for the efficient response and management and control of natural disasters in the country. It provides for the establishment of the National Disaster Committee and the National Disaster Centre at national level and in each province a Provincial Disaster Committee is hereby established for each province. The functions of the National Disaster Committee are to supervise the national state of preparedness for emergencies and to report on it to the National Executive Council, to maintain the National Emergency Plan of the National Executive Council, to co-ordinate disaster relief actions, etc. (23 sections)

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