EY passes draft amendments to Disaster Prevention and Protection Act
Posted on 2026-08-06 17:10:14
The Executive Yuan has proposed amendments to the Disaster Prevention and Protection Act in an attempt to clarify government responsibilities in natural disasters...
following last year's Matai'an barrier lake overflow that killed at least 19 people.
The amendments move to classify tsunamis and barrier lake overflows as natural disasters...
and place relevant response units under the Ministries of Agriculture and of the Interior.
The amendments also allocate more responsibilities in responsing to such crises to the central government, aiming to shorten response times and clarify responsibility.
The changes will seek to put the the two ministries in charge of response at the time of the disaster...
but will allocate prevention and rebuilding to the local governments.
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