Disaster Prevention and Protection Act Article 3

Prevention, response and recovery for all types of the disasters, the following agencies shall be the central regulating authorities for the disaster prevention and protection:1. Windstorm, earthquake (including soil liquefaction), fire, explosion, and volcanic disaster: Ministry of the Interior;2. Flooding, draught, mining disasters, industrial pipeline disaster, public gas, fuel pipeline and power transmission line failure: Ministry of Economic Affairs;3. Frost, debris flow and large-scale landslide disaster: Ministry of Agriculture;4. Air crash, shipwreck and land traffic accidents: Ministry of Transportation and Communications;5. Toxic and concerned chemical substances and suspended particulate disaster: Ministry of Environment;6. Biological disaster: Ministry of Health and Welfare7. Radiation disaster: Nuclear Safety Commission;8. Other disasters: the central regulating authorities of Disaster Prevention and Protection business designated by Central Disasters Prevention and Protection Council.The preceding paragraph prescribing the central regulating authorities for the disaster prevention and protection, shall be in charge of disaster prevention and protection business in following missions:1. Command, supervision, and coordination of the central regulating authorities and municipal government, county (city) government for disaster prevention and protection.2. Draft and implementation of amended disaster prevention and protection operation plan.3. Support and deal with disaster prevention and protection works.4. Deal with command or coordination of the affairs of disaster prevention and protection, and noncompliance of Act in non-local administrative areas.5. Where the disaster region involves the sea area and crosses over two municipal governments or county (city) governments, or where the disaster situation is significant and the municipal government or the county (city) government is unable to coordinate and process in due time.6.Manage disaster resources, organize information, perform disaster prevention and rescue tasks, and cooperate with Ministry of Education and relevant agencies to conduct disaster prevention and protection education for all citizens.
中文原文 災害防救法第3條
各種災害之預防、應變及復原重建,以下列機關為中央災害防救業務主管機關:
一、風災、震災(含土壤液化)、火災、爆炸、火山災害:內政部。
二、水災、旱災、礦災、工業管線災害、公用氣體與油料管線、輸電線路災害:經濟部。
三、寒害、土石流及大規模崩塌災害、森林火災、動植物疫災:農業部。
四、空難、海難、陸上交通事故:交通部。
五、毒性及關注化學物質災害、懸浮微粒物質災害:環境部。
六、生物病原災害:衛生福利部。
七、輻射災害:核能安全委員會。
八、其他災害:依法律規定或由中央災害防救會報指定之中央災害防救業務主管機關。
前項中央災害防救業務主管機關就其主管災害防救業務之權責如下:
一、中央及直轄市、縣(市)政府與公共事業執行災害防救工作等相關事項之指揮、督導及協調。
二、災害防救業務計畫訂定與修正之研擬及執行。
三、災害防救工作之支援、處理。
四、非屬地方行政轄區之災害防救相關業務之執行、協調及違反本法案件之處理。
五、災害區域涉及海域、跨越二以上直轄市、縣(市)行政區,或災情重大且直轄市、縣(市)政府無法因應時之協調及處理。
六、執行災害資源統籌、資訊彙整與防救業務,並應協同教育部及相關機關執行全民防救災教育。

English translation for reference only; the Chinese text prevails. Not legal advice.