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

Chapter 5 : Municipal Disaster Management

Part 2 : Municipal disaster management centres

50. Annual reports

 

(1) The disaster management centre of a municipality must submit a report annually to the municipal council on—
(a) its activities during the year;
(b) the results of the centre’s monitoring of prevention and mitigation initiatives;
(c) disasters that occurred during the year in the area of the municipality;
(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, the national disaster management framework, the disaster management framework of the province concerned and the disaster management framework of its municipality
(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 52 and 53 of disaster management plans and strategies by municipal organs of state involved in disaster management in the municipal area; and
(i) an evaluation of the implementation of such plans.

 

(2)
(a) A municipal disaster management centre must at the same time that its report is submitted to the municipal council in terms of subsection (1), submit a copy of the report to the National Centre and the disaster management centre of the province concerned.
(b) The disaster management centre of a district municipality must, at the same time also submit a copy of its report to each local municipality in the area of the district municipality.

 

(3) The disaster management centre of a district municipality that is operated in partnership with local municipalities within the area of the district municipality must prepare its report in consultation with those local municipalities.