Section 13Part —
Disaster area or hazardous area
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Where the Director reports to the Governor —
the existence of any local condition in any part of the Islands tending to endanger public safety, and there are no powers under any law other than this section whereby such condition may be removed or guarded against; or
that any part of the Islands appears to be threatened with or affected by a natural or technological hazard and that measures apart from, or in addition to, those specifically provided for in this Law, should be taken promptly,
the Governor after consultation with the Premier may by Order declare that part of the Islands to be a disaster area or hazardous area and direct the enforcement of any measures recommended by the Director or any other measures that the Governor thinks expedient for removing or otherwise guarding against any such condition and the probable consequences thereof or mitigating as far as possible, any such hazard.
An Order made under subsection (1) may contain a direction that the disaster area or hazardous area be evacuated by a specified time and in accordance with such procedures, if any, as may be specified therein.
Any Order made under this section —
may extend to the Islands as a whole or to such part thereof or to such particular places as may be specified therein;
shall, subject to subsection (4), remain in force for such period as may be specified therein;
may prevent entry into any such area for a specified time and in accordance with specified procedures; and
may be published by announcement in any medium of mass communications available within the Islands and posted in a conspicuous place outside every police station and post office in the Islands.
An officer or employee of the Department or any other person authorised in writing in that behalf by the Director (in this section referred to as an “authorised officer”) may at all times enter any premises for the purpose of ensuring compliance with the provisions of any Order made under this section, and shall produce to the person in charge of the premises, the authority for such entry.
Where the Director is satisfied that it is necessary for the performance of assigned duties under this Law to do so, the Director or an authorised officer may enter any premises with or without the consent of the owner or occupier, and take such action as the Director or such authorised officer may consider necessary in the public interest.
The Director shall provide staff, volunteer organisations and each authorised officer who is not a police officer, with a distinctive badge, tag or other identification device which may conveniently be carried while engaged in the performance of their duties under this section.
An authorised officer who exercises a power under this section shall provide identification as an authorised officer to any person in control of the premises to be so entered into, by the production of an authorised officer’s badge, tag or other identification device issued under subsection (6) and shall explain the purpose of the entry.
Defined Terms
authorised officer