National Emergency Declaration (Consequential Amendments) Act 2020 (129 of 2020)
Schedule 1 Amendments consequential on the enactment of the National Emergency Declaration Act 2020
Christmas Island Emergency Management Ordinance 2012
10 After subsection 16A(1)
Insert:
(1A) The Territory Controller may declare that an emergency situation exists in the Territory or part of the Territory if:
(a) a national emergency declaration (within the meaning of the National Emergency Declaration Act 2020) is in force; and
(b) the Territory Controller is satisfied that:
(i) the emergency to which the national emergency declaration relates is affecting, or is likely to affect, the Territory; and
(ii) extraordinary measures are required to prevent or minimise the effect, or likely effect, of that emergency on the Territory.