This regulation may be cited as the Disaster Management Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2016 .
This regulation commences on 1 March 2016.
This regulation amends the Disaster Management Regulation 2014 .
4Amendment of s 19 (Disaster districts—Act, schedule)
Section 19—
insert—(3)Despite subsections (1) and (2), the local government areas mentioned in schedule 1, column 2 opposite the disaster districts for Cairns and Mareeba are prescribed as the Far North disaster district.(4)Subsection (3) and this subsection expire on 30 April 2017.
5Amendment of sch 1 (Disaster districts)
(1)Schedule 1, column 1, entry for Cairns, after ‘Cairns’—
insert—*(2)Schedule 1, column 1, entry for Mareeba, after ‘Mareeba’—
insert—*(3)Schedule 1, after the table—
insert—*For the amalgamation of the Cairns and Mareeba disaster districts, see section 19(3) and (4).