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PRESENTATION BY. ATUL SHAH LLB, SOLICITOR 75 HIGH STREET WEALDSTONE HARROW MIDDLESEX HA3 5DQ UNITED KINGDOM TEL: +442088615000 FAX: +442088632772. DISASTERS. man made natural natural through manmade action or inaction. AIMS. Prevent disasters Reduce risks of disasters

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  1. PRESENTATION BY ATUL SHAH LLB, SOLICITOR75 HIGH STREETWEALDSTONEHARROWMIDDLESEX HA3 5DQUNITED KINGDOMTEL: +442088615000FAX: +442088632772

  2. DISASTERS • man made • natural • natural through manmade action or inaction • AIMS • Prevent disasters • Reduce risks of disasters • Respond to disasters • Recover from disasters

  3. LAWS TO ACHIEVE AIMS THROUGH • Establish a Central Body • Preventative and Reduction Measures • First Response Bodies • Secondary and Support Response • Recovery and Rebuilding • Enforcement Penal Sanctions • Emergency Powers

  4. ESTABLISH A CENTRAL BODY TO: • 1/ CO-ORDINATE COMMAND AND MANAGE ALL AREAS OF AND ISSUES RELATING TO OR ASSOCIATED WITH DISASTER PREVENTION, REDUCTION, RESPONSE AND RECOVERY • 2/ IDENTIFY AND ASSESS RISKS LIKELY TO CAUSE DISASTERS • 3/ ESTABLISH TYPE OF DISASTERS ENVISAGED OR EXPECTED; • EARTHQUAKES, FIRES, FLOODING, COLLAPSING STRUCTURES, BOATS, SHIPS, AIRCRAFT AND TRAIN SAFETY, DROUGHT,EXCESSIVE RAIN, ESCAPE OF POLLUTANTS AND HARMFUL SUBSTANCES • 4/ RAISE AWARENESS EDUCATION SKILLS TRAINING AND PREPAREDNESS • 5/ LINK UP TO ALL RELEVENT SERVICES STAKEHOLDERS AND SUPPORT BODIES • 6/ ESTABLISH AN OVERALL STRATEGY FRAMEWORK OR A MASTER PLAN • 7/ PROPOSE LEGISLATION TO IMPLEMENT THE ABOVE

  5. ESTABLISH A CENTRAL BODY TO: • 8/ PROMOTE OR PROPOSE SPECIFIC LAWS TO ADDRESS DISASTER PREVENTION, REDUCTION,MANAGEMENT, RESPONSE, RECOVERY, etc. • 9/ CO-ORDINATE RELIEF EFFORTS AND ESTABLISH RECOVERY PLANS • 10/ ASSESS ADEQUENCY OF RESOURCES AND INFRASTRUCTURE • 11/ ASSESS IMPACT ON ECONOMY, ENVIORNMENT AND ECOLOGY • 12/ ENFORCE AND PROSECUTE BREACHES OF THESE LAWS • 13/ CARRY OUT AN INQUIRY FOLLOWING A DISASTER AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS

  6. EXAMPLES • CIVIL CONTINGENCIES SECRETARIAT - UK (CIVIL CONTINGENCIES ACT 2002) • SINGAPORE CIVIL DEFENCE FORCE/NATIONAL CIVIL AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS COUNCIL – SINGAPORE – www.scdf.gov.sg • NATIONAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY – NIGERIA – • MINISTRY OF DISASTER PREPAREDNESS – UGANDA • EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AUSTRALIA (AG’s DEPT) – AUSTRALIA – www.ema.gov.au • AUSTRALIAN DISASTERS INFORMATION NETWORK – AUSTRALIA – www.ausdin.gov.au. • CENTRAL DISASTER PREVENTION COUNCIL – JAPAN – www.kantei.go.jp • CANADA’s NATIONAL MITIGATION STRATEGY – CANADA – www.publicsafety.gc.ca

  7. PREVENTATIVE AND REDUCTION MEASURES LAND • LAND USE RESTRICTIONS • WATER CONSERVATION AND MISUSE • SOIL EROSION AND DESERTIFICATION • PLANNING PERMISSION AND BUILDING REGULATION TO REDUCE COLLAPSINGOR DAMAGE BY BUILDINGS AND ENGINEERING STRUCTURES • SOIL AND LAND TESTING AND STABILITY ASSESSMENT TO REDUCE COLLAPSING BUILDING AND ENGINEERING STRUCTURES • FLOOD OR DROUGHT CONTROLS • PRESERVATION OF FORESTS GRASSLANDS AND PARKS AND WILDLIFE

  8. PREVENTATIVE AND REDUCTION MEASURES OTHER • CONTROL OF AIR LAND AND WATER POLLUTION AND CONTAMINATION • FIRE, ROAD, AIR. SEA SAFETY • HEALTH SAFETY AND EPIDEMICS • CONTROLS ON USE OF CHEMICALS • CONTROL AND CONTAINMENT OF DISEASES • VULNERABILITY AND INTEGRETY OF ENGINEERING STRUCTURES LIKE DAMS, RESERVOIRS, POWER PLANTS, • CONTROL OF GUNS AND BULLET FIRING MACHINERY AND EXPLOSIVES • COMPULSORY INTRODUCTION OF ALTERNATIVE DISASTER PROOF LIVELIHOOD (www.christianaid.scotland.org) • DISASTER PREVENTION SYSTEMS – MECHENICAL, ELECCTRICAL, COMPULSORY BUSINESS RECOVERY PLANS • COMPULSORY EDUCATION AND DRILLS

  9. FIRST RESPONSE BODIES • FIRE • POLICE • RESCUE • MEDICAL

  10. SECONDARY AND SUPPORT RESPONSE • UTILITIES • TRANSPORTATION

  11. RECOVERY AND REBUILDING • INFRASTRUCTURE • ECONOMICAL • INQUIRY AND RECOMMENDATIONS • ASSESSMENT

  12. ENFORCEMENT PENAL SANCTIONS AND EMERGENCY POWERS • EVACUATION • SEIZURE OR DISPOSAL OF PROPERTY • DETENTION OF PERSONS IN SECURITY CENTRES, HEALTH INSITUTIONS • STOP AND SEARCH OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY • QUARANTINE • BREAKING INTO BUILDINGS AND HOUSE AND PROPERTY • ENFORCEMENT OF LAWS AND PENAL SANCTION FOR BREACHES

  13. BENEFITS • 90% of global spending on disasters goes in emergency relief and reconstruction – spending one pound in prevention or preparedness saves four pounds in disaster response costs (www.christianaidscotland.org) • Saves lives and property • Maintains continuity of economy • Faster business recovery

  14. LIST OF SPECIFIC LAWS

  15. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING

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