24Functions and powers of Municipal Coordinators

24 Functions and powers of Municipal Coordinators

(1)  A Municipal Coordinator has the following functions in respect of the municipal area for which he or she is the Municipal Coordinator:

(a) to assist and advise the Municipal Chairperson and the relevant council on all matters with respect to emergency management in the municipal area or combined area;

(b) if the Regional Controller requires it, to assist and advise the Regional Controller on matters with respect to emergency management in the municipal area;

(c) prior to, during or subsequent to the occurrence of an emergency in the municipal area, to ensure that –

(i) [Section 24 Subsection (1) amended by No. 31 of 2018, s. 15, Applied:10 Dec 2018] the resources of the relevant council are coordinated and used as required by section 46 , or as required for the establishment and coordination of evacuation centres and recovery centres in the municipal area; and

(ii) his or her instructions and decisions and the instructions and decisions of the Municipal Committee, Municipal Chairperson and Regional Controller are transmitted to, and adequately carried out by, the bodies and other persons to whom they are directed or relate;

(d) to consider whether any powers or declarations under this Act need to be used or made for the purposes of emergency management in respect of an emergency in the municipal area and, if so, to advise the Regional Controller of that need;

(e) if the Municipal Coordinator considers that resources of another municipal area are necessary to make better provision for emergency management in the municipal area, to request those resources;

(f) to assist the Unit Managers of the municipal volunteer SES units with the supply and coordination of equipment and facilities provided by the council and the maintenance of such equipment and facilities;

(g) other functions in respect of emergency management imposed by the Regional Committee or the Regional Controller;

(h) other functions imposed by this or any other Act;

(ha) other functions imposed on a Municipal Coordinator by a Municipal Emergency Management Plan;