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

In these regulations a word or expression to which a meaning has been assigned in the Act has that meaning and, unless the context otherwise indicates—

"centre"

means a disaster management centre established by a municipality for its municipal area in terms of section 43(1) of the Act;

"component"

in relation to a unit of volunteers, means a component within such a unit as provided for in regulation 4;

"component leader"

means a volunteer designated as component leader in terms of regulation 3(3);

"emblem"

means the disaster management emblem referred to in regulation 8(1);

"head of the centre"

means the person appointed as head of a municipal disaster management centre in terms of section 45(1) of the Act;

"municipality"

means a metropolitan municipality or a district municipality;

"service"

means any service rendered or to be rendered by a volunteer in terms of the Act and these regulations;

"suitable clothing"

means safety clothing, protective clothing, overall, work-wear or any other clothing issued to volunteers as may be prescribed in terms of applicable safety legislation;

"the Act"

means the Disaster Management Act, 2002 (Act No. 57 of 2002);

"unit of volunteers"

means a unit of volunteers established by a municipality in terms of section 58(1) of the Act to participate in disaster management in the municipality;

"volunteer"

means a member of a unit of volunteers enrolled as a volunteer as contemplated in regulation 6(3)(b).