Disaster Management Act, 2002 (Act No. 57 of 2002)

Chapter 5 : Municipal Disaster Management

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(1)	A metropolitan or district municipality may establish a municipal disaster management advisory forum consisting of—

(a)	the head of the municipal disaster management centre in the municipality;

(b)	a senior representative of each department or component within the administration of the municipality designated by the executive mayor or mayor as the case may be;

(c)	if it is a district municipality, representatives of the local municipalities within the area of jurisdiction of the district municipality;

(d)	representatives of other disaster management role-players in the municipality designated by the executive mayor or mayor, as the case may be, which may include—

(i)	organised business in the municipality;

(ii)	organised labour in the municipality;

(iii)

relevant community-based organisations;

(iv)	one traditional leader elected from the traditional council or traditional councils in a municipality recognised by the Premier of a province in terms of section 212 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996;

[Subsection (1)(d)(iv) substituted by section 19(a) of Act No. 16 of 2015]

(v)	the insurance industry in the municipality;

(vi)	representatives of the agricultural sector in the municipality;

(vii)

religious and welfare organisations in the municipality;

(viii)

medical, paramedical and hospital organisations in the municipality;

(ix)	institutions of higher education;

(x)	institutions that can provide scientific and technological advice or support to disaster management;

(xi)	other relevant non-governmental organisations and relief agencies in the municipality; and

(xii)

representatives of local umbrella organisations for women, children, the elderly and people with disabilities;

[Subsection (1)(d)(xii) substituted by section 19(b) of Act No. 16 of 2015]

(e)	experts in disaster management designated by the executive mayor or mayor as the case may be; and

(f)	persons co-opted by the forum in question for a specific period or specific discussion.

(2)	A forum envisaged by subsection (1) is a body in which a municipality and relevant disaster management role-players in the municipality consult one another and co-ordinate their actions on matters relating to disaster management in the municipality.