NEW ZEALAND: National Fuel Plan (2020)

Meta Data
Draft: 
No
Revision of previous policy?: 
No
Effective Start Year: 
2020
Scope: 
Subnational
Document Type: 
Plan/Strategy
Economic Sector: 
Energy
Energy Types: 
Oil
Issued by: 
Director of the Ministry of Civil Defence & Emergency Management
Source: 
Civil Defence - Government of New Zealand
File: 
National Fuel Plan (2020)
Overall Summary: 
This document has been issued pursuant to the Civil Defence Emergency Management (CDEM) Act 2002. It is a support plan to the functional arrangements set out in the National CDEM Plan and The Guide to the National CDEM Plan. The Plan provides for a planning framework for the fuel sector and civil defence emergency management. It includes agreed roles and responsibilities for agencies and documents agreed operational communications and coordination for use by the National Crisis Management Centre, CDEM Group Emergency Coordination Centres and oil companies.
Governance
National policy structure: 
The overall objective of the arrangements outlined in this Plan is to minimise the effects of a fuel supply disruption on New Zealand, whatever the cause, as far as reasonably practicable. The purpose of this Plan is to: ● provide an agreed planning framework between government agencies, Civil Defence Emergency Management (CDEM) Groups and fuel sector organisations to respond to major disruptions to fuel supplies; ● document agreed communication and coordination arrangements at the national level for response operations during major disruption of fuel supplies; and ● support the implementation of regional fuel supply arrangements. This Plan covers government and fuel sector coordination and responses in the event of a major disruption to fuel supply, including petroleum, diesel, aviation fuel and marine fuel. The Plan is jointly developed by the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and the Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment (MBIE). It supersedes the National Civil Defence Emergency Fuel Plan 2012 (NEMA) and expands on operational aspects of the Oil Emergency Response Strategy 2008, which is expected to be reviewed in light of this Plan.