Section 21 of the Principal Act is amended as follows:

(a) by inserting the following paragraph after paragraph (b) in subsection (1) :

(ba) the Municipal Recovery Coordinators for the municipal areas in respect of which the Municipal Committee has the responsibility of instituting and coordinating emergency management; and

(b) by omitting subsection (5) and substituting the following subsections:

(5)  The Municipal Chairperson is to appoint a member of the Municipal Committee as the executive officer of the Municipal Committee for a period specified in the instrument of appointment.

(5A)  The functions of the executive officer of the Municipal Committee are to be –

(a) determined by the Municipal Chairperson; and

(b) included in the instrument of appointment issued by the Municipal Chairperson.