This Act establishes the Department of Disaster Management and provides for the declaration of disaster areas and the management of consequences of disasters. It also stipulates that the Agreement establishing the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency set out in the Schedule 1 shall have the force of law in the Virgin Islands. Where a disaster emergency exists, the Governor may, by Proclamation and after consultation with the Premier, declare either a specific area or the entire Virgin Islands a “Disaster Area”. The Director of the Department shall prepare a National Disaster Management Plan in accordance with this Act. The Act defines duties of the Department and its Director. The Director shall be responsible, among other things, for the establishment and maintenance of a National Emergency Operations Centre. The Act also establishes a National Multi-Hazard Alert System and a National Disaster Management Council.
British Virgin Islands (UK) · 2011-01-01