Declaration of State of Emergency (Jervis Bay Territory)

I, NOLA MARINO, Assistant Minister for Regional Development and Territories, in accordance with subsection 15(1) of the Jervis Bay Territory Emergency Management Ordinance 2015;

HAVING TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT the state of emergency that has been declared in New South Wales (including in the Shoalhaven local government area of New South Wales); and BEING SATISFIED THAT an emergency is endangering, or is threatening to endanger, the safety or health of persons or animals in the Jervis Bay Territory to a significant and widespread extent, and is threatening to destroy or damage property in the Jervis Bay Territory to a significant and widespread extent;

DECLARE that a state of emergency exists in the whole of the Jervis Bay Territory for the period starting when this declaration is made on 19 December 2019 to the end of 26 December 2019. 

Dated 19 December 2019 at 6:00 pm (AEDT)

NOLA MARINO

Assistant Minister for Regional Development and Territories