Queensland Consolidated Acts

MANUFACTURED HOMES (RESIDENTIAL PARKS) ACT 2003 - SECT 86A

86A Preparing, maintaining and implementing emergency plan

(1) The park owner for a residential park must ensure an emergency plan is prepared for the park, providing for the following—

(a) emergency procedures, including—

(i) an effective response to an emergency; and

(ii) procedures for evacuating home owners and other residents from the park; and

(iii) notifying emergency service organisations at the earliest opportunity; and

(iv) arranging for medical treatment and assistance; and

(v) effective communication between the person authorised by the park owner to coordinate the emergency response and the home owners and other residents of the park;

(b) testing of the emergency procedures, including the frequency of testing;

(c) information, training and instruction to the home owners and other residents of the park about implementing the emergency procedures;

(d) another relevant matter prescribed by regulation.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

(2) The park owner must—

(a) maintain the emergency plan for the residential park so that the plan remains effective; and

(b) implement the emergency plan in the event of an emergency.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

(3) In this section—

"emergency service organisation" means—

(a) the Queensland Ambulance Service; and

(b) the Queensland Fire and Emergency Service; and

(c) the Queensland Police Service.