Business Continuance Planning Ltd
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PO Box 10-613
Wellington
New Zealand
Tel  +64 4 471 2407
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www.bcpl.co.nz

Civil Defence Emergency Management Act

New Zealand's Civil Defence and Emergency Management Act 2002 requires compliance by each commercial and government organization that provides significant community support and emergency services.

Business Continuity Management (BCM) is the single, critical component of compliance to "ensure that [the organization] is able to function to the fullest possible extent, even though this may be at a reduced level, during and after an emergency". (CDEM Act 2002, S58(a), S60(a), S64(2))

BCPL is perfectly equipped to assist your organization in the development of BCM to achieve the essential enterprise robustness needed for compliance. Soundly based BCM will not only provide compliance but also safeguard your organization and its stakeholders' interests beyond the short term following a major disaster event.

Omission from the CDEM Act

The CDEM Act currently omits 'emergency services organizations' from any directly-stated requirement for enterprise resilience (CDEM Act 2002, S63) - a rather curious omission that will presumably be corrected!

[refer to CDEM Act]    

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