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

Chapter 4 : Provincial Disaster Management

Part 3 : Powers and duties of provincial government

37. Provincial disaster management advisory forum

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(1)The MEC responsible for disaster management in a province may establish a provincial disaster management advisory forum consisting of—
(a)the head of the provincial disaster management centre;
(b)a senior representative of each provincial department designated by the Premier of the province concerned;
(c)the heads of the respective municipal disaster management centres in the province;
(d)representatives of organised local government in the province:
(e)representatives of other disaster management role-players i n the province designated by the MEC, which may include—
(i)organised business in the province;
(ii)representatives of mines in the province;
(iii)organised labour in the province;
(iv)organised agriculture in the province;
(v)a traditional leader recommended by the Provincial House of Traditional Leaders established by the Premier of a province in terms of section 212 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996;

[Subsection (1)(e)(v) substituted by section 13(a) of Act No. 16 of 2015]

(vi)the insurance industry in the province;
(vii)religious and welfare organisations in the province;
(viii)medical, paramedical and hospital organisations in the province;
(ix)other relevant non-governmental organisations and relief agencies in the province;
(x)institutions of higher education in the province;
(xi)institutions that can provide scientific and technological advice or support to disaster management; and
(xii)representatives of provincial umbrella organisations for women, children, the elderly and people with disabilities;

[Subsection (1)(e)(xii) inserted by section 13(b) of Act No. 16 of 2015]

(f)experts in disaster management designated by the MEC.
(g)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 provincial government and relevant disaster management role-players in the province consult one another and co-ordinate their actions on matters relating to disaster management in the province.