EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACT 2005 - SECT 31

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACT 2005 - SECT 31

31 .         District emergency management committees

        (1)         A district emergency management committee is established for each emergency management district.

        (2)         The SEMC may invite the chairmen of the local emergency management committees within the emergency management district to submit a panel of names to the SEMC for consideration for appointment as chairman of the district emergency management committee.

        (3)         The SEMC may appoint such person as it thinks fit to be chairman of the district emergency management committee irrespective of whether the name of that person is submitted under subsection (2).

        (4)         The district emergency coordinator for the emergency management district is to be a member of the district emergency management committee, and may be appointed as chairman of the committee.

        (5)         Subject to this section, the constitution and procedures of a district emergency management committee, and the terms and conditions of appointment of members, are to be determined by the SEMC.