Disaster Management Act, 2002 (Act No. 57 of 2002)Chapter 5 : Municipal Disaster ManagementPart 2 : Municipal disaster management centres46. Assistance to National Centre and provincial disaster management centre |
| (1) | A municipal disaster management centre must assist the National Centre and the relevant provincial disaster management centre at that centre’s request to— |
| (a) | identify and establish communication links with disaster management role-players in the municipal area for the purposes of section 16; |
| (b) | develop and maintain the disaster management electronic database envisaged in section 17 in so far as the database applies to the municipality; and |
| (c) | develop guidelines in terms of section 19 for the— |
| (i) | preparation and regular review of disaster management plans and strategies, including contingency plans and emergency procedures; and |
| (ii) | the integration of the concept and principles of disaster management and particularly prevention and mitigation strategies, with development plans and programmes. |
| (2) |
| (a) | A municipal disaster management centre may, in writing request any municipal organ of state or person in possession of information reasonably required by that centre for the purpose of subsection (1)(a) or (b), to provide such information to the centre within a reasonable period determined by the centre. |
| (b) | If a municipal organ of state fails to comply with a request, the municipal disaster management centre must report the failure to the executive mayor or mayor as the case may be, of that municipality, who must take such steps as may be necessary to secure compliance with the request, including reporting the failure to the municipal council. |