Section 6Part —
Responsibilities of the Director
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The Director shall be responsible for —
the operations and maintenance of a National Emergency Operations Centre to function as the headquarters of the activities undertaken in response to a disaster; and
the staffing and management of the National Emergency Operations Centre.
The Director shall cause to be established and maintained —
records of the work and activities of the Department; and
such other records or particulars with respect to the Department as the Director may consider necessary.
The Director shall, within three months from the beginning of each year, prepare and submit to the Cabinet a report containing a summary of the Department’s activities and the manner in which the monies from the National Disaster Fund was utilised for the preceding year and such report shall be laid in the Legislative Assembly.
The Director shall prepare a National Hazard Management Plan comprising a statement of the contingency arrangements under the Director’s co-ordination, for responding to the threat, event or aftermath of a disaster in the Islands whether or not the threat, event or aftermath is such as to prompt the issuance of an alert, a declaration of disaster, a declaration of a state of emergency or a notice of evacuation, and shall cause the Management Plan to be reviewed annually.
The Director shall submit the Management Plan to the Chief Officer for the Ministry for review and after such review the Chief Officer shall cause it, together with any recommendations, to be submitted for the review of the Management Executive which shall submit it together with any recommendations for the consideration of the Cabinet.