(1) Before any person other than the Director of Public Prosecutions, a Judge or Magistrate exercises any disaster preparedness and response related powers under this or any other Act, that person shall, subject to subsections (2) to (4), consult the Director.
(2) The obligation to consult in subsection (1) shall not apply —
(a) during a disaster or emergency, where the person exercising the powers under subsection (1) considers that the urgency of the matter or difficulties of logistics makes such consultation impracticable;
(b) in respect of the exercise of any power in relation to which a waiver by the Director of his or her right to be consulted is in effect under subsection (3).
(3) The Director may with the approval of the Minister waive his or her right to be consulted, and any such waiver shall take effect when the Minister shall have notified that waiver by Order published in the Gazette.
(4) A waiver under subsection (3) may relate to the exercise of any power or category of powers or to the exercise of a power in a specific instance.