Emergency Management Act 2013

Consequence management means the coordination of agencies, including agencies who engage the skills and services of non-government organisations, which are responsible for managing or regulating services or infrastructure which is, or may be, affected by a major emergency.

The objective of consequence management is to minimise the adverse consequences to users of services or infrastructure caused by the interruption to the services or infrastructure as a consequence of the major emergency while having regard to the need to ensure that—

safety considerations are paramount; and

if the major emergency is due to—

a hi-jack, siege or riot; or

a warlike act or an act of terrorism—