When a municipality or a province in the event of a local or provincial disaster requests the national government to financially contribute to post-disaster recovery and rehabilitation, the following factors may be taken into account–
| (a) |
Whether any prevention and mitigation measures were taken or initiated by the municipality or province, and if not, the reasons for the absence of such measures; |
| (b) |
whether the disaster could have been avoided or minimised had prevention and mitigation measures been taken; |
| (c) |
whether It is reasonable to expect that prevention and mitigation measures should have been taken or initiated in the circumstances by the municipality or province; |
| (d) |
whether the damage caused by the disaster is covered by adequate insurance and if not, the reasons for the absence or inadequacy of insurance cover; and |
| (e) |
the magnitude and severity of the disaster and whether or not available financial resources at local level, or if it is a provincial disaster, at provincial level are exhausted. |
Copyright Act, 1978
