Disaster Management Act · s 27

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27.
Authorisation for disaster situation
(1) The Minister or the Director may authorise any of the following persons to exercise declared disaster powers for a disaster situation —
(a) a fire officer;
(b) a health officer;

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(c) any person or a member of a class of person the Minister or the Director is satisfied has the necessary expertise or experience to exercise those powers.
(2) Any police officer may also exercise declared disaster powers for a disaster situation.
(3) An authorisation under subsection (1) —
(a) may be general or limited to a particular, or a particular class of, fire officer, health officer or other person;
(b) may be given on conditions; and
(c) may be given orally or in writing, but if given orally shall be put into writing as soon as reasonably practicable.
(4) A failure to put an authorisation into writing under subsection (3)(c) does not invalidate the authorisation or anything done under it.
(5) In this section —
“fire officer” means any member of the Fire and Rescue of
Brunei Darussalam referred to in section 2 of the Fire and
Rescue Act (Chapter 82);
“health officer” means any medical practitioner registered under the Medical Practitioners and Dentists Act (Chapter 112), any nurse registered under the Nurses Registration Act (Chapter 140)
and any health officer as defined in section 2 of the
Infectious Diseases Act (Chapter 204).

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s 27Authorisation for disaster situation

(1)

The Minister or the Director may authorise any of the following persons to exercise declared disaster powers for a disaster situation —

(a)

a fire officer;

(b)

a health officer;

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(c)

any person or a member of a class of person the Minister or the Director is satisfied has the necessary expertise or experience to exercise those powers.

(2)

Any police officer may also exercise declared disaster powers for a disaster situation.

(3)

An authorisation under subsection (1) —

(a)

may be general or limited to a particular, or a particular class of, fire officer, health officer or other person;

(b)

may be given on conditions; and

(c)

may be given orally or in writing, but if given orally shall be put into writing as soon as reasonably practicable.

(4)

A failure to put an authorisation into writing under subsection (3)(c) does not invalidate the authorisation or anything done under it.

(5)

In this section —

“fire officer” means any member of the Fire and Rescue of

Brunei Darussalam referred to in section 2 of the Fire and

Rescue Act (Chapter 82);

“health officer” means any medical practitioner registered under the Medical Practitioners and Dentists Act (Chapter 112), any nurse registered under the Nurses Registration Act (Chapter 140)

and any health officer as defined in section 2 of the

Infectious Diseases Act (Chapter 204).