Sri Lanka Disaster Management Act 2005 · As enacted
20. Staff of the Council
Official English translation. The Sinhala text prevails.
Official translationFrom Department of Government Printing, unchanged
The Council may appoint such number of officers, servants and agents as it considers necessary for the discharge of its functions and for the administration and implementation of this Act.
The officers, servants and agents appointed under subsection (1) shall be remunerated in such manner and at such rates and shall be subject to such conditions of service as may be determined by the Council.
At the request of the Council, any officer in the public service may with the consent of that officer and the Secretary to the Ministry of the Minister in charge of the subject of
Public Administration, be temporarily appointed to the staff of the Council for such period as may be determined by the
Council with like consent or be permanently appointed to such staff with like consent.
Where any officer in the public service is temporarily appointed to the staff of the Council, the provisions of subsection (2) of section 14 of the National Transport
Commission Act, No. 37 1991 shall, mutatis mutandis, apply to and in relation to him.
Where any officer in the public service is permanently appointed to the staff of the Council, the provisions of subsection (3) of section 14 of the National Transport
Commission Act, No. 37 of 1991 shall, mutatis mutandis, apply to and in relation to him.
Where the Council employs any person who has entered into a contract with the Government by which he has agreed to serve the Government for a specified period, any period of service with the Council by that person shall be regarded as service to the Government for the purpose of discharging the obligations of such contract.