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  • The purpose of the Bill is to amend the Disaster Management Act in order to amend the duration of a state of disaster.
  • The Bill further seeks to provide that only the National Assembly, a provincial legislature or a municipal council may resolve to extend a declaration of a national, provincial or local state of disaster respectively and for how long.
  • The Bill also provides for the requisite majorities required in the National Assembly, provincial legislature and municipal council in order to extend a national, provincial or local state of disaster, respectively.
  • The Bill further provides that a resolution to extend a national, provincial or local state of disaster may only be adopted after a public debate.
  • The Bill finally seeks to provide for oversight by the National Assembly over a national state of disaster, and oversight by a provincial legislature over a provincial state of disaster.

MEMORANDUM OF OBJECTS

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FULL AMENDMENT BILL

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PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE MEETING

Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, 26 May 2021. (National Assembly), Briefing on the Disaster Management Amendment Bill [B2-2021]