Emergency management plans

14   (1) For the purposes of section 52 (2) (h) of the Act, an emergency management plan must include the following:

(a) a summary of any consultation undertaken in accordance with section 55 (1) (a) of the Act in relation to the emergency management plan and the risk assessment prepared by the local authority under section 47 (2) of the Act;

(b) a time period within which the local authority must initiate a review of the emergency management plan.

(2) The time period referred to in subsection (1) (b) must end

(a) not more than 7 years after the preparation of the emergency management plan, and

(b) thereafter not more than 7 years after the completion of the preceding review and revision of the emergency management plan.

(3) For the purposes of section 47 (4) of the Act, a local authority must

(a) initiate a review of the local authority's emergency management plan within the period referred to in subsection (1) (b) of this section, and

(b) revise the emergency management plan as necessary to ensure that the plan meets the requirements of section 52 of the Act.

Local emergency plans — transition

15   If a local authority has a local emergency plan that the local authority prepared or caused to be prepared under the Emergency Program Act, the local authority must

(a) review the local emergency plan, and

(b) prepare an emergency management plan that meets the requirements of section 52 of the Act.

Publication requirements

16   (1) A local authority, other than the Nisg̱a'a Nation or a treaty first nation, must publish each emergency management plan that is prepared or revised under section 47 of the Act or section 15 (b) of this regulation.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to the following:

(a) any information that, in the opinion of the local authority, could reasonably be expected to increase the risk of an emergency occurring;

(b) information that may not or must not be disclosed under the following provisions of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act:

(i) section 12 (3) [local public body confidences];

(ii) section 13 (1) [policy advice or recommendations];

(iii) section 14 [legal advice];

(iv) section 15 (1) or (2) [disclosure harmful to law enforcement];

(v) section 16 (1) [disclosure harmful to intergovernmental relations or negotiations];

(vi) section 17 (1) [disclosure harmful to the financial or economic interests of a public body];

(vii) section 18 [disclosure harmful to the conservation of heritage sites, etc.];

(viii) section 18.1 (1) [disclosure harmful to interests of an Indigenous people];

(ix) section 19 (1) or (2) [disclosure harmful to individual or public safety];

(x) section 21 (1) or (2) [disclosure harmful to business interests of a third party];

(xi) section 22 [disclosure harmful to personal privacy];

(xii) section 22.1 (2) [disclosure of information relating to abortion services].

(3) A local authority must not include in an emergency management plan that is published under subsection (1) any Indigenous knowledge of an Indigenous people that is provided to the local authority under section 55 of the Act, unless one of the following applies:

(a) the Indigenous knowledge is publicly available;

(b) an Indigenous governing body that acts on behalf of the Indigenous people consents in writing to the publication of the Indigenous knowledge.

Risk assessments and emergency management plans — regional districts

17   (1) Despite section 47 (2) of the Act and subject to subsection (2) of this section, a regional district is not required to prepare a risk assessment or an emergency management plan in respect of the following land:

(a) Crown land;

(b) private managed forest land as defined in the Private Managed Forest Land Act.

(2) If a regional district does not prepare a risk assessment or an emergency management plan in respect of land referred to in subsection (1) (a) or (b), the regional district must, as the case may be,

(a) identify in its risk assessment any portion of the land that is necessary for the purpose of evacuating individuals or animals from a community, or

(b) identify in the emergency management plan for the area closest to a community any portion of the land that is necessary for the purpose of evacuating individuals or animals from the community.

Business continuity plans

18   (1) For the purposes of section 53 (2) (b) of the Act, a business continuity plan of a local authority, other than the Nisg̱a'a Nation or a treaty first nation, must include a time period within which the local authority must initiate a review of the business continuity plan.

(2) The time period referred to in subsection (1) must end

(a) not more than 5 years after the preparation of the business continuity plan, and

(b) thereafter not more than 5 years after the completion of the preceding review and revision of the business continuity plan.

(3) For the purposes of section 47 (4) of the Act, a local authority must

(a) initiate a review of the local authority's business continuity plan within the period referred to in subsection (1) of this section, and

(b) revise the business continuity plan as necessary to ensure that the business continuity plan meets the requirements of section 53 of the Act.