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

Chapter 4 : Provincial Disaster Management

Part 2 : Provincial disaster management centres

31. Head of provincial disaster management centre

 

(1) The MEC responsible for the department in which a provincial disaster management centre is located must, subject to subsection (2) and legislation governing the public service, appoint a person as the head of the provincial disaster management centre.

 

(2) A person appointed as the head of a provincial disaster management centre holds office on terms and conditions set out in a written employment contract, which must include terms and conditions setting performance standards.

 

(3) The head of a provincial disaster management centre—
(a) is responsible for the exercise by the centre of its powers and the performance of its duties; and
(b) takes all decisions of the centre in the exercise of its powers and the performance of its duties, except decisions taken by another person in consequence of a delegation by the head of the centre.

 

(4) The head of a provincial disaster management centre performs the functions of office subject to section 30(3).