Disaster Management Act, 2002 (Act No. 57 of 2002)NoticesDirections regarding the phased return of children to Early Childhood Development Programmes and Partial Care Facilities12. Issuing of permits and certificates for movement of staff and children |
| (1) | In accordance with regulation 33(4) of the Regulations, read with regulations 34(5) and (6) of the Regulations, movement between provinces, metropolitan areas and districts is permitted— |
| (a) | for a staff member working at an early childhood development programme or a partial care facility who has a permit that substantially corresponds with Form 2 (in Annexure A to the Regulations) to perform a permitted service during the applicable Alert Level and who has to commute to and from work on a daily basis; and |
| (b) | for a child who has been issued with a certificate that substantially corresponds with Form 3A (Regulation 34(5)), in Annexure A to the Regulations, to commute to and from an early childhood development programme or a partial care facility on a daily basis. |
| (2) | A permit referred to in subdirection (1)(a) may be issued by a delegated official or, in the case of an early childhood development programme or a partial care facility, by a principal or manager or a person delegated by him or her. |
| (3) | The certificate referred to in subdirection (1)(b) may be issued by the principal or manager of an early childhood development programme or a partial care facility or a delegated official. |
| (4) | The issuing of permits and certificates referred to in subdirection (1) must be done in compliance with the Regulations. |
| (5) | A staff member of an early childhood development programme or a partial care facility may commute between his or her place of residence, office and school within his or her provincial area of work for purposes of performing permitted services upon presenting the permit referred to in subdirection (1), together with any form of identification, if requested to do so by an enforcement officer. |
| (6) | A child, other than a child referred to in subdirection (1)(b), must be issued with a certificate, by the principal or manager or a person so delegated on a form which corresponds to Form 2 (Annexure B to these directions) for purposes of travel, which states that the child attends that specific early childhood development programme or partial care facility. |
| (7) | A certificate referred to in subdirection (6) must contain the name and address of the early childhood development programme or partial care facility and the particulars of the child concerned, including the contact details of the parent or legal guardian of the child. |
| (8) | A certificate and permit referred to in subdirections (1), (3) and (7) respectively, must be issued no later than seven days from the respective commencement dates specified for the phased return of children and staff contemplated in direction 6. |