Statistics Act, 1999
R 385
Disaster Management Act, 2002 (Act No. 57 of 2002)Chapter 5 : Municipal Disaster ManagementPart 2 : Municipal disaster management centres43. Establishment |
| (1) | Each metropolitan and each district municipality must establish in its administration a disaster management centre for its municipal area. |
| (2) | A district municipality— |
| (a) | must establish its disaster management centre after consultation with the local municipalities within area; and |
| (b) | may operate such centre in partnership with those local municipalities. |
| (3) | A local municipality must establish capacity for the development and co-ordination of a disaster management plan and the implementation of a disaster management function for the municipality which forms part of the disaster management plan as approved by the relevant municipal disaster management centre. |
[Subsection (3) inserted by section 16 of Act No. 16 of 2015]
| (4) | A local municipality may establish a disaster management centre in consultation with the relevant district municipality in accordance with the terms set out in a service level agreement between the two parties, in alignment with national norms and standards. |
[Subsection (4) inserted by section 16 of Act No. 16 of 2015]
