Emergency Act (2017)

The Act provides for the legal bases for crisis management, including preparing for and resolving an emergency as well as ensuring the continuity of vital services. The Act also governs the declaration, resolution and termination of an emergency situation, the involvement of the Defence Forces and the Defence League in resolving an emergency that has led to the declaration of an emergency situation, and state supervision and liability. The Act is applied during a state of emergency, increased defence readiness and a state of war insofar as not otherwise provided by the State of Emergency Act and the National Defence Act. The Act does not govern preparing for combating a threat to national security or the constitutional order. The competence and powers, provided for in other legislation, of state and local government authorities and persons also apply upon preparing for and resolving an emergency, unless otherwise provided by this Act.