Lower Austria Disaster Relief Law.
Country
Type of law
Legislation
Date of original text
Date of latest amendment
Abstract
The present Law implements the Council Directive 96/82/EC on the control of major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances of 9 December 1996. In particular, the Law lays down provisions relating to relief of natural or any other disaster occurring in Lower Austria. Article 1 establishes that a “disaster” occurs if a natural event or any other event has induced or shall induce a major damage to people or property. The text consists of 18 articles divided into 6 Parts as follows: General provisions (1); Disaster relief (2); Disaster Relief Service (3); Director of operations, operational control on behalf of the regional government, alerting and identification of the Emergency Service (4); Disaster protection plan, vocational training for disaster relief and bearing of costs (5); Penalties and final provisions (6).
Attached files
Web site
Entry into force notes
The present Law enters into force on 1 May 1973.
Notes
The present Law is consolidated as of 110/12.The present Law repeals the previous Law of 28 June 1961 on the same subject.
Repealed
No
Source language
English
Legislation Amendment
No
Original title
NÖ Katastrophenhilfegesetz.