Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) In this Act,
unless inconsistent with the subject-matter or context, the following words
shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them (that is to
say) —
Authority means the Fire and Emergency Services
Authority of Western Australia established by section 4 of the FESA Act;
brigade includes all fire brigades, whether
permanent or volunteer, or private;
Chief Executive Officer means the chief executive
officer of the Authority, as referred to in section 19 of the FESA Act;
Director means the Director of Operations referred
to in section 31;
district means a fire district constituted by or
under this Act;
hazardous material means anything that, if it
escapes while being produced, stored, moved, used or otherwise dealt with, may
cause personal injury or death, or damage to property or the environment;
hazardous material incident means an actual or
impending spillage or other escape of hazardous material that causes or
threatens to cause injury or death, or damage to property or the environment;
inflammable matter includes all substances capable
of ignition or combustion by the application of heat or by means of sparks or
flame or by spontaneous causes;
member of the Authority means a member of the
board of management referred to in section 6 of the FESA Act;
owner means and includes any person, whether as
beneficial owner, trustee, or executor, mortgagee in possession, or as agent
or attorney for any person or otherwise for the time being in actual receipt
of, or entitled to receive, the rents and profits of the lands or buildings in
connection with which the word is used, or who, if such land or buildings were
let to a tenant, would be entitled to receive the rents and profits thereof;
permanent fire brigade means a fire brigade
established and maintained by the Authority, the services of whose members are
wholly at the disposal of the Authority;
premises includes any building, structure,
erection, vessel, wharf, jetty, land or other premises;
private fire brigade means any association of
persons authorised by the Authority and formed for the purpose of the
prevention and extinguishing of fires and the protection of life and property
from fire within the boundaries of property owned or used by any person, if
the carrying out of the purpose of such association is not the sole or
principal calling or means of livelihood of such persons or of a majority of
them;
rescue operation means the rescue and extrication
of any person or property endangered as a result of an accident, explosion or
other incident;
the FESA Act means the
Fire and Emergency Services Authority of Western Australia Act 1998 ;
vessel means any ship, steamship, barge, punt,
boat, or other floating vessel used for storing or carrying goods or for
carrying passengers;
volunteer fire brigade means any association of
persons authorised by the Authority and formed for the purpose of the
prevention and extinguishing of fires and the protection of life and property
from fire, if the carrying out of the purpose of such association is not the
sole or principal calling or means of livelihood of such persons or of a
majority of them.
(2) A reference in
this Act to an officer or employee of the Authority, or to a person employed
by the Authority, is a reference to a person appointed or engaged under
section 20 of the FESA Act for the purposes of this Act.
[Section 4 amended by No. 34 of 1963
s. 4; No. 3 of 1964 s. 2; No. 42 of 1966 s. 3;
No. 27 of 1971 s. 2; No. 28 of 1982 s. 3; No. 51 of
1985 s. 3; No. 51 of 1986 s. 46(2); No. 49 of 1992
s. 29; No. 52 of 1994 s. 5; No. 14 of 1996 s. 4;
No. 42 of 1998 s. 18; No. 38 of 2002 s. 44; No. 42 of 2002
s. 19.]