OC 102/2020 - Declaration of a State of Emergency throughout the Province of Saskatchewan to address the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency

(a) put into operation any emergency plan or program that the minister considers appropriate;

(b) authorize or require a local authority to put into effect any emergency plan for the municipality;

(c) assume direction and contrai of the emergency response of a local authority;

(d) acquire or utilize any real or persona! property that the minister considers necessary to prevent, combat or alleviate the effects of an emergency;

(e) authorize any qualified persan to render aid of a type that the persan is qualified to provide;

(f) contrai or prohibit travel to or from any area of Saskatchewan;

(g) provide for the restoration of essential facilities and the distribution of essential supplies;

(h) provide, maintain and co-ordinate emergency medical, welfare and other essential services in any part of Saskatchewan;

(i) cause the evacuation of persans and the removal of persans or live stock and persona! property from any area of Saskatchewan that is or may be affected by an emergency and make arrangements for the adequate care and protection of th ose persans or live stock and of the persona! property;

(j) authorize the entry into any building or on any land, without warrant, by any persan in the course of implementing an emergency plan;

(k) cause the demolition or removal of any trees, structures or crops if the demolition or removal is necessary or appropriate in order to reach the scene of the emergency, to attempt to forestall its occurrence or to combat its progress; (1) procure or fix prices for food, clothing, fuel, equipment, medical supplies or other essential supplies and the use of any property, services, resources or equipment within any part of Saskatchewan for the duration of the state of emergency; (m) conscript persans needed to meet an emergency; and (n) do all acts and take all proceedings that are reasonably necessary to meet the emergency. 1, Scott Moe, President of the Executive Council, in accordance with and in furtherance of the general powers and duties set out in section 18 of The Emergency Planning Act, hereby ORDER and DIRECT that in the Province of Saskatchewan, including the City of Lloydminster, for the du ration of the above noted state of emergency : (a) all persans are required to comply with any orders made by the Minister of Health pursuant to The Public Health Act, 1994, to the extent that the order does not conflict with this order or any other order pursuant to section 18 of The Emergency Planning Act; (b) all persans are required to comply with any orders issued by the Office of the Chief Medical Health Officer, to the extent that the order does not conflict with this order or any other order pursuant to section 18 of The Emergency Planning Act; (c) all persans are required to comply with any direction issued by the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency in accordance with its powers and duties under The Emergency Planning Act and The Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency Act, to the extent that the directive or order does not conflict with this order or any other order pursuant to section 18 of The Emergency Planning Act; (d) The Royal Canadian Mounted Police and all police services are authorized to take any reasonable action, including the power of arrest, to enforce this order, any other order pursuant to section 18 of The Emergency Planning Act, or any order pursuant to The Public Health Act, 1994. Dated March tJ.J) , 2020 at Regina, Saskatchewan. Honourable Scott Moe President of the Executive Council