Disaster Management Act, 2002 (Act No. 57 of 2002)Chapter 5 : Municipal Disaster ManagementPart 1 : Municipal disaster management framework42. Municipal disaster management framework |
| (1) | Each metropolitan and each district municipality must establish and implement a framework for disaster management in the municipality aimed at ensuring an integrated and uniform approach to disaster management in its area by— |
| (a) | the municipality and statutory functionaries of the municipality, including, in the case of a district municipality, the local municipalities and statutory functionaries of the local municipalities in its area; |
| (b) | all municipal entities operating in its area; |
| (c) | all non-governmental institutions involved in disaster management in its area; and |
| (d) | the private sector. |
| (2) | A district municipality must establish its disaster management framework after consultation with the local municipalities in its area. |
| (3) | A municipal disaster management framework must be consistent with the provisions of this Act, the national disaster management framework and the disaster management framework of the province concerned. |