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

Chapter 5 : Municipal Disaster Management

Part 3 : Powers and duties of municipalities and municipal entities

51. Municipal disaster management advisory forum

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(1)A metropolitan or district municipality may establish a municipal disaster management advisory forum consisting of—
(a)the head of the municipal disaster management centre in the municipality;
(b)a senior representative of each department or component within the administration of the municipality designated by the executive mayor or mayor as the case may be;
(c)if it is a district municipality, representatives of the local municipalities within the area of jurisdiction of the district municipality;
(d)representatives of other disaster management role-players in the municipality designated by the executive mayor or mayor, as the case may be, which may include—
(i)organised business in the municipality;
(ii)organised labour in the municipality;
(iii)relevant community-based organisations;
(iv)one traditional leader elected from the traditional council or traditional councils in a municipality recognised by the Premier of a province in terms of section 212 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996;

[Subsection (1)(d)(iv) substituted by section 19(a) of Act No. 16 of 2015]

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

[Subsection (1)(d)(xii) substituted by section 19(b) of Act No. 16 of 2015]

(e)experts in disaster management designated by the executive mayor or mayor as the case may be; and
(f)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 municipality and relevant disaster management role-players in the municipality consult one another and co-ordinate their actions on matters relating to disaster management in the municipality.