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

Chapter 4 : Provincial Disaster Management

Part 2 : Provincial disaster management centres

36. Annual reports

 

(1) The disaster management centre of a province must submit a report annually to the MEC responsible for the provincial department in which the centre is located on—
(a) its activities year;
(b) the results of the centre's monitoring of prevention and mitigation initiatives;
(c) disasters that occurred during the year in the 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 centre wishes to make in this regard;
(h) progress with the preparation and regular updating in terms of sections 38 and 39 of disaster management plans and strategies by provincial organs of state involved in disaster management in the province; and
(i) an evaluation of the implementation of such plans.

 

(2) The MEC must submit the report to the provincial legislature within 30 days after receipt of the report from the provincial disaster management centre.

 

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