Chair
Lizzy Wiessing, Barrister, Kate Sheppard Chambers
Civil Defence Emergencies and the Law
- What is the state of local government law for BAU?
- Response and recovery after the health and weather emergencies of the last few years
- What’s working and what’s not, including from the perspective of local authorities, communities, risk-based commercial interests and maintenance of good law-making?
- The previous government introduced the Emergency Management Bill, and the Bill was referred to the Governance and Administration Committee for submissions. What is the potential of this Bill and where could further legislative changes be made?
- How local authorities can respond and support recovery
Presented by Lizzy Wiessing, Barrister, Kate Sheppard Chambers
Learning Objective:
- Explore the legal framework for civil defence emergencies
Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD hour
* This interactive online recording includes questions and quizzes requiring critical thinking about the topics, so you have no annual limits to the number of points/hours you can claim with this format of learning. Please verify with your CPD rules
Presenters
Lizzy Wiessing, Barrister, Kate Sheppard Chambers
Lizzy Wiessing is a member of Kate Sheppard Chambers and has been at the Independent Bar since June 2021. She has a professional background in policy analysis, and local government, public law and civil litigation legal issues, having worked in the local government space throughout her career. She has advised on a wide range of local government matters, including matters arising from the national and local emergencies of the last few years.
