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

Chapter 3 : National Disaster Management

Part 1 : National Disaster Management Centre

Powers and duties of National Centre

24. Reporting

[Heading substituted by section 10(a) of Act No. 16 of 2015]

 

(1) The National Centre must submit a report annually to the Minister on—
(a) its activities during the year;
(b) the results of its monitoring of prevention and mitigation initiatives;
(c) disasters that occurred during the year in each province;
(d) the classification, magnitude and severity of these disasters;
(e) the effects they had;
(f) particular problems that were experienced—
(i) in dealing with these disasters; and
(ii) generally in implementing this Act and the national disaster management framework;
(g) the way in which these problems were addressed and any recommendations the National Centre wishes to make in this regard;
(h) progress with the preparation and regular updating in terms of sections 25, 38, 39, 52 and 53 of disaster management plans and strategies by organs of state involved in disaster management; and
(i) an evaluation of the implementation of such plans and strategies.

 

(2) The Minister must submit the report to Parliament within 30 days after receipt of report from the National Centre.

 

(3) National Centre must, at the same time that its report is submitted to the Minister in terms of subsection (1), submit a copy of that report to each provincial and municipal disaster management centre.

 

(4) Each organ of state must, on any occurrence leading to the declaration of a disaster, report on a quarterly basis to the National Centre on—
(a) information reflecting the type, severity, loss in terms of lives, damage to property, crop and other goods;
(b) the spatial attributes of the areas, communities and households affected by the disaster;
(c) an analysis of the impact of the disaster in accordance with gender, age, disability and cultural perspectives;
(d) a list of the measures implemented in order to restore communities and the reconstruction and rehabilitation of infrastructure in a manner that makes those communities less vulnerable to disasters and strengthens their resilience;
(e) information on the expenditure incurred on response and post-disaster recovery and rehabilitation;
(f) listing of any actions in terms of risk reduction;
(g) particular problems that were experienced in dealing with the disasters; and
(h) any other information that may be prescribed.

[Subsection (4) inserted by section 10(b) of Act No. 16 of 2015]

 

(5) Progress reports on the implementation of policy and legislation relating to disaster risk reduction and management in municipalities and provinces must be submitted on a quarterly basis to the municipal and provincial intergovernmental forums established in terms of the Intergovernmental Relations Framework Act, 2005 (Act No. 13 of 2005).

[Subsection (5) inserted by section 10(b) of Act No. 16 of 2015]

 

(6) If money has been allocated to a national department, province or municipality from the national revenue for purposes of disaster mitigation, relief and post-disaster recovery and rehabilitation, whether in the form of new funding or from current institutional funds, a progress report on the spending of that money must be submitted on a quarterly basis to the municipal, provincial and national intergovernmental forums established in terms of the Intergovernmental Relations Framework Act, 2005.

[Subsection (6) inserted by section 10(b) of Act No. 16 of 2015]

 

(7) Expenditure and performance reports for all funds received must be compiled by each organ of state and submitted to the transferring national officers and the National Treasury in accordance with the annual Division of Revenue Act.

[Subsection (7) inserted by section 10(b) of Act No. 16 of 2015]

 

(8) Copies of reports referred to in subsections (4), (5) and (6) must be submitted simultaneously to the National Treasury and the relevant disaster management centres in the respective spheres of government.

[Subsection (8) inserted by section 10(b) of Act No. 16 of 2015]