1Short titleThis regulation may be cited as the Disaster Management (Local Disaster Management Group Interim Chairperson) Amendment Regulation 2020.2Regulation amendedThis regulation amends the Disaster Management Regulation 2014.3Amendment of s 10 (Chairperson and deputy chairperson of local groups—Act, s 34)Section 10—insert—(3)The deputy chairperson of a local group acts in the office of chairperson of the local group during—

(a)a vacancy in the office of chairperson; or

(b)a period when the chairperson is absent from duty or can not, for another reason, perform the functions of the office.

(4)If, during any period and for any reason, the deputy chairperson of a local group can not perform the functions of the office of chairperson under subsection (3), the following persons act in the office during the period—

(a)if the chief executive officer of the relevant local government for the local group is willing and able to perform the functions of the office—the chief executive officer;

(b)otherwise—the relevant district disaster coordinator.

(5)Subsections (3) and (4) apply despite subsection (2).(6)For section 33(1) of the Act, a person acting as the chairperson of a local group under subsection (4) is a member of the local group.(7)Subsections (3) to (6), this subsection and subsection (8) expire 1 year after the commencement.(8)In this section—relevant district disaster coordinator, in relation to a local group, means the district disaster coordinator of the district group established for a disaster district that includes the local government area for which the local group is established.4Insertion of new s 10AAfter section 10—insert—10AWhen chairperson or deputy chairperson stops holding office after 2020 local government election—Act, s 34(1)For section 34(2) of the Act, a person stops holding the office of chairperson or deputy chairperson of a local group on the conclusion of the local government election held on 28 March 2020 if—

(a)before the election, the person was a councillor of a local government; and

(b)the person is not re-elected as a councillor of a local government at the election.

(2)This section expires 1 year after the commencement.(3)In this section—conclusion, of an election, see the Local Government Electoral Act 2011, section 7.