Second Reading Speeches

Emergency Response Fund Amendment (Disaster Ready Fund) Bill 2022

Type
Government
Portfolio
Finance
Originating house
House of Representatives
Status
Act
Parliament no
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Summary

Amends: the

Emergency Response Fund Act 2019
to: rename the Emergency Response Fund as the Disaster Ready Fund; change the title of the Act to the
Disaster Ready Fund Act 2019
; enable up to $200 million per financial year to be debited from the Disaster Ready Fund for natural disaster resilience and risk reduction; enable the minister to adjust the maximum disbursement amount by legislative instrument; transfer responsibility for fund expenditure to the National Emergency Management Agency; amend certain administrative arrangements in relation to transfers from the fund; and six Acts to make consequential amendments. Also enables the responsible ministers to make specified consequential amendments to the
Emergency Response Fund Investment Mandate Direction 2020
by legislative instrument.

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