National Coordinator to be consulted

(1) Before any person other than the Director of Public Prosecutions, a judge or magistrate exercises any disaster preparedness and response related powers under this or any other Act, that person shall, subject to subsections (2) and (4) of this section, consult the National Co-ordinator. (2) The obligation to consult in subsection (1) of this section shall not apply, (a) during a disaster emergency, where the person exercising the under subsection (1) of this section considers that the urgency of the matter or difficulties of logistics makes such consultation impracticable; (b) in respect of the exercise of any power in relation to which a waiver by the National Coordinator of his right to be consulted is in effect under subsection (3) of this section. Disaster Preparedness and Response [CAP. 145 19 (3) The National Coordinator may, with the approval of the Prime Minister, waive his right to be consulted and any such waiver shall take effect when published as an Order in the Gazette. (4) A waiver under subsection (3) of this section may relate to the exercise of any power or category of power or to the exercise of a power in a specific instance. Environmental