Emergency Management Act 2013

The relevant preparer, in relation to the emergency management plan it has prepared, must prepare a statement of assurance in accordance with this section, having regard to any guidelines issued under section 77 in relation to assurance.

A statement of assurance must state—

the extent to which the emergency management plan was prepared in accordance with this Act; and

in the case of an updated emergency management plan, the date on which the plan was last reviewed.

The relevant preparer must submit to the relevant approver a statement of assurance in relation to the emergency management plan for which the relevant preparer seeks approval.

Each Municipal Emergency Management Planning Committee that has prepared a municipal emergency management plan (whether or not in collaboration with one or more Municipal Emergency Management Planning Committees) must prepare and submit a statement of assurance in relation to that plan in accordance with this section.