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Disaster Preparedness and Response Act Cap. 10.03).

País/Territorio
Montserrat (RU)
Tipo de documento
Legislación
Fecha
2000 (2013)
Fuente
FAO, FAOLEX
Título completo
An Act to provide for the effective management and control of disaster and to provide for related or incidental matters.
Materia
Medio ambiente gen.
Palabra clave
Peligros Inundación Planificación ambiental Institución Conservación del ecosistema EIA Inspección Legislación básica Política/planificación
Área geográphica
Americas, Caribe, América Latina y el Caribe, Pequeños estados insulares en desarrollo
Resumen

This Act makes provision with respect to preparedness for and response to disasters. For this purpose, the Act creates the Director of Disaster Preparedness and Response, the National Disaster Preparedness and the Response Advisory Committee and requires the Director to prepare annually a National Disaster Preparedness Response Plan. The Act stipulates that, any power under any law to require an environmental impact assessment is, whether such power is express or implied, a disaster preparedness and response related power for which consultation with the Director in accordance with this Act is required. The Governor may on the recommendation of the Director designate especially vulnerable areas for mitigation purposes and the Director may prepare for the Governor’s approval a special area precautionary plan for such area(s). The Act also provides for disaster hazard inspections to be carried out on order of a magistrate.

Texto completo
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Página web
agc.gov.ms