sec.80Functions of local government

### sec.80 Functions of local government The functions of a local government under this Act are as follows— to ensure it has a disaster response capability; to approve its local disaster management plan prepared under part 3 ; to ensure information about an event or a disaster in its area is promptly given to the district disaster coordinator for the disaster district in which its area is situated; to perform other functions given to the local government under this Act. In this section— disaster response capability , for a local government, means the ability to provide equipment and a suitable number of persons, using the resources available to the local government, to effectively deal with, or help another entity to deal with, an emergency situation or a disaster in the local government’s area. (sec.80-ssec.1) The functions of a local government under this Act are as follows— to ensure it has a disaster response capability; to approve its local disaster management plan prepared under part 3 ; to ensure information about an event or a disaster in its area is promptly given to the district disaster coordinator for the disaster district in which its area is situated; to perform other functions given to the local government under this Act. (sec.80-ssec.2) In this section— disaster response capability , for a local government, means the ability to provide equipment and a suitable number of persons, using the resources available to the local government, to effectively deal with, or help another entity to deal with, an emergency situation or a disaster in the local government’s area. - (a) to ensure it has a disaster response capability; - (b) to approve its local disaster management plan prepared under part 3 ; - (c) to ensure information about an event or a disaster in its area is promptly given to the district disaster coordinator for the disaster district in which its area is situated; - (d) to perform other functions given to the local government under this Act.