Disaster Management Act, 2002 (Act No. 57 of 2002)Chapter 5 : Municipal Disaster ManagementPart 2 : Municipal disaster management centres45. Head of municipal disaster management centre |
| (1) | A municipal council must, subject to the applicable provisions of the Local Government: Municipal Systems Act, 2000 (Act No. 32 of 2000), appoint a person as head of its municipal disaster management centre. |
| (2) | The head of a municipal disaster management centre— |
| (a) | is responsible for the exercise by the centre of its powers and the performance of its duties; and |
| (b) | in accordance with the directions of the council, 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. |
| (3) | The head of a municipal disaster management centre performs the functions of office subject to section 44(3). |