Disaster Management Act, 2002 (Act No. 57 of 2002)RegulationsDisaster Management Volunteer Regulations, 20102. Establishment or disestablishment of unit of volunteers |
| (1) | Pursuant to section 58(1) of the Act a municipality may establish a unit of volunteers to participate in disaster management in the municipality. |
| (2) | The head of the centre must inform the National Centre of the establishment of a unit of volunteers within 21 days of the effective date of such establishment. |
(3)
| (a) | If the need for a unit of volunteers ceases to exist, the head of the centre must inform the relevant municipality accordingly and recommend to it that that unit be disestablished. |
| (b) | On receipt of recommendations to that effect in terms of paragraph (a), the municipality may disestablish the unit of volunteers established by it. |
| (4) | The head of the centre must inform the National Centre of the disestablishment of a unit of volunteers within 21 days of the effective date of such disestablishment. |
| (5) | The records of a disestablished unit of volunteers must be dealt with in accordance with the archive procedures of the municipality. |