TONGA

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT (AMENDMENT) ACT 2014

Arrangement of Sections
Section 

1 Short Title 
2 Section 2 amended 
3 Section 11 amended 
4 Section 14 amended 
5 Section 17 amended 

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EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT (AMENDMENT) ACT 2014
Act 14 of 2014

AN ACT TO AMEND THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACT 2007

I assent, 
TUPOU VI, 
3rd December 2014. 

BE IT ENACTED by the King and Legislative Assembly of Tonga in the Legislature of the Kingdom as follows: 

1 Short Title 

(1) This Act may be cited as the Emergency Management (Amendment) Act 2014. 

(2) In this Act, the Emergency Management Act 2007 as amended, shall be referred to as the Principal Act. 

2 Section 2 amended 

Section 2 of the Principal Act is amended in the definition of "Chief Executive Officer" by deleting the word "works" and replacing it with the words "emergency management". 

3 Section 11 amended 

Section 11 of the Principal Act is amended by repealing paragraphs (d), (e), (f), (g), (i) and (k) and replacing them with the following – 

"(d) Chief Executive Officer responsible for finance and national planning; 

(e) Chief Executive Officer responsible for agriculture, food and forests; 

(f) Chief Executive Officer for Health; 

(g) Commissioner of Tonga Police; 

(i) Chief Executive Officer responsible for lands; 

(k) Chief Executive Officer responsible for education.". 

4 Section 14 amended 

Section 14 of the Principal Act is amended by deleting paragraphs (c) and replacing them with the following – 

"(c) Commissioner of Tonga Police;". 

5 Section 17 amended 

Section 17 of the Principal Act is amended by deleting paragraphs (c) and replacing them with the following – 

"(c) Chief Executive Officer responsible for finance and national planning;". 

Passed by the Legislative Assembly this 28th day of July 2014.