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Disaster Management Act, 2002 (Act No. 57 of 2002)RegulationsRegulations issued in terms of Section 27(2) of the Disaster Management Act, 2002 (COVID-19)Chapter 2 : General Provisions Applicable during National State of Disaster9. Release of resources |
| (1) | The Department of Defence must, for the duration of the declared national state of disaster, within its available resources— |
| (a) | release and mobilise available resources, including human resources, stores, equipment, ships, aircraft platforms, vehicles and facilities; and |
| (b) | ensure the delivery of essential services, as may be required, to prevent, limit, contain, combat and manage the spreading of COVID-19. |
| (2) | National organs of state must, within their available resources, release their personnel for the rendering of emergency services, as contemplated in section 27(2)(b) of the Act. |
| (3) | Institutions within national, provincial and local government must make resources, other than funding, available to implement these Regulations or directions issued in terms of section 27(2) of the Act regarding the national state of disaster. |
| (4) | Institutions within national, provincial and local government must— |
| (a) | make funding available; and |
| (b) | as far as possible, without affecting service delivery in relation to the realisation of the rights contemplated in sections 26 to 29 of the Constitution, shift funding, within its budget to implement these Regulations or directions issued in terms of section 27(2) of the Act, regarding the national state of disaster. |
| (5) | The National Treasury and provincial treasuries must take the necessary steps in terms of applicable legislation to implement these Regulations and directions issued in terms of section 27(2) of the Act, in relation to the national state of disaster. |
| (6) | Donor funding received by institutions, subject to the Public Finance Management Act. 1999 (Act No. 1 of 1999) or the Local Government: Municipal Finance Management Act, 2003 (Act No. 56 of 2003), to assist with the national state of disaster must be— |
| (a) | paid into the Reconstruction and Development Fund, established by the Reconstruction and Development Fund Act, 1994 (Act No. 7 of 1994); and |
| (b) | used strictly for purposes of implementing these Regulations and directions issued in terms of section 27(2) of the Act in relation to the national state of disaster. |
