Disaster Management Act, 2002 (Act No. 57 of 2002)Chapter 4 : Provincial Disaster ManagementPart 2 : Provincial disaster management centres31. Head of provincial disaster management centre |
| (1) | The MEC responsible for the department in which a provincial disaster management centre is located must, subject to subsection (2) and legislation governing the public service, appoint a person as the head of the provincial disaster management centre. |
| (2) | A person appointed as the head of a provincial disaster management centre holds office on terms and conditions set out in a written employment contract, which must include terms and conditions setting performance standards. |
| (3) | The head of a provincial disaster management centre— |
| (a) | is responsible for the exercise by the centre of its powers and the performance of its duties; and |
| (b) | takes all decisions of the centre in the exercise of its powers and the performance of its duties, except decisions taken by another person in consequence of a delegation by the head of the centre. |
| (4) | The head of a provincial disaster management centre performs the functions of office subject to section 30(3). |