Disaster Management Act, 2002 (Act No. 57 of 2002)RegulationsDisaster Management Volunteer Regulations, 201011. Rendering of service |
| (1) | Where members of any component within a unit of volunteers are called upon to render assistance to an existing service, that component falls under the command of that service. |
| (2) | A volunteer is under the command and discipline of the relevant component leader, as agreed to by the head of the centre, unless subregulation (1) applies. |
| (3) | A volunteer must— |
| (a) | at the request of the head of the centre, report for service; |
| (b) | perform the duty for which he or she has been deployed in terms of these regulations; and |
| (c) | conduct himself or herself within the limits of the relevant legislation or code of conduct. |
| (4) | When a volunteer performs the duty contemplated in subregulation (1), the volunteer must— |
| (a) | wear any suitable clothing issued to him or her in terms of regulation 12; |
| (b) | carry the disaster management volunteer identity card referred to in regulation 6(3)(b) on his or her person; and |
| (c) | produce, at request, the disaster management volunteer identity card to the person requesting it. |
| (5) | A component leader to which a volunteer has been allocated must keep a register in which that leader must record the names of all volunteers called up in terms of subregulation (3) to perform duty, the nature of such duty and the duration thereof. |