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| Emergency and Disaster Management Act | |
|---|---|
| Legislature of British Columbia | |
| Citation | SBC 2023, c 37 |
| Royal assent | 2023-11-08 |
| Bill citation | Bill 31 42nd Parliament, 4th Session |
| Status: Current legislation | |
The Emergency and Disaster Management Act is an act of the Legislature of British Columbia relating to the providing for the management of emergencies in the province.
History
[edit]Responding to emergencies is a difficult thing for a government to do with its normal processes, as bureaucracies are designed to do a single thing efficiently. As a result, governments have developed legislation that gives them extraordinary powers to deal with events that they deem to require immediate action, without returning to the legislature. In British Columbia, the events of the Fraser River flood of 1948 required action by the province, which was not legislatively prepared to take them. The Premier of the day activated provisions of Canada's Milita Act, which itself incorporated the United Kingdom's Army Act to declare a state of emergency and call in support from the Canadian Army[1]
| Civil Defence Act | |
|---|---|
| Legislature of British Columbia | |
| |
| Royal assent | 1951-04-18 |
| Repealed by | |
| Emergency Program Act | |
| Status: Repealed | |
The province soon after enacted the Civil Defense Act,
| Emergency Program Act | |
|---|---|
| Legislature of British Columbia | |
| Repealed by | |
| Emergency and Disaster Management Act | |
| Status: Repealed |
In 2024, following the global Covid-19 pandemic
Provisions
[edit]Uses
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Fricke, Erwin. "State of Emergency in B.C.; Snow Commands".