S-2.4 - Act respecting civil protection to promote disaster resilience

Section 57 Disposition versions

2024-05-28

57. While the state of emergency is in effect, despite any provision to the contrary, the Government or any minister authorized to act under the state of emergency may, without delay and without formality, to protect human life, health or integrity,

(1)  order the deployment of measures of the emergency preparedness plan of a local municipality or of the government disaster response plan and, where necessary, designate the person in charge;

(2)  order the closure of establishments;

(3)  control access to roads or to the territory concerned or make them subject to special rules;

(4)  order, where there is no alternative means of protection, the construction or demolition of any works or the displacement or removal of any thing;

(5)  grant, for the time the Government or the minister considers necessary for the rapid and efficient conduct of emergency response measures, the authorizations and exemptions provided for by law for the carrying on of an activity or the performance of an act that is required in the circumstances;

(6)  order, where there is no alternative means of protection, the evacuation of persons or their sheltering, including their confinement;

(7)  order that power or water mains be shut off;

(8)  require the services of any person capable of assisting the personnel deployed;

(9)  requisition the necessary rescue services and private or public shelter facilities;

(10)  requisition essentials and see to their distribution;

(11)  ration essential goods and services, set their prices and establish supply priorities;

(12)  have access to any premises necessary for the carrying out of an order under this section, to the site that is threatened or affected by the event or to the premises of an activity or property that may aggravate the event, in order to assess and understand the situation and its potential consequences;

(13)  make the expenditures or enter into the contracts the Government or minister considers necessary;

(14)  implement a general financial assistance or compensation program established under the first paragraph of section 62; and

(15)  order any other necessary measure.

2024, c. 18, s. 1.