Western Australian Numbered Acts Western Australian Numbered Acts In this Act, unless
the contrary intention appears —
“authorised officer”
means —
(a) the
State Emergency Coordinator; and
(b) a
person authorised under section 61;
“combat agency” has the meaning given
by section 6(1);
"district emergency management committee" means a
district emergency management committee established under section 31(1);
“emergency” means the occurrence or
imminent occurrence of a hazard which is of such a nature or magnitude that it
requires a significant and coordinated response;
“emergency area” means the area to
which an emergency situation declaration or a state of emergency declaration
applies;
“emergency management” means the
management of the adverse effects of an emergency including —
(a)
prevention — the mitigation or prevention of the probability of the
occurrence of, and the potential adverse effects of, an emergency;
(b)
preparedness — preparation for response to an emergency;
(c)
response — the combating of the effects of an emergency, provision
of emergency assistance for casualties, reduction of further damage, and help
to speed recovery; and
(d)
recovery — the support of emergency affected communities in the
reconstruction and restoration of physical infrastructure, the environment and
community, psychosocial and economic wellbeing;
“emergency management agency” means a
hazard management agency, a combat agency or a support organisation;
“emergency management district” means
an emergency management district established under section 28;
“emergency situation” means an
emergency situation declared under section 50;
“emergency situation declaration”
means a declaration made under section 50;
“hazard” means —
(a) a
cyclone, earthquake, flood, storm, tsunami or other natural event;
(b) a
fire;
(c) a
road, rail or air crash;
(d) a
plague or an epidemic;
(e) a
terrorist act as defined in The Criminal Code section 100.1 set out in
the Schedule to the Criminal Code Act 1995 of the Commonwealth;
(f) any
other event, situation or condition that is capable of causing or resulting
in —
(i)
loss of life, prejudice to the safety, or harm to the
health, of persons or animals; or
(ii)
destruction of, or damage to, property or any part of the
environment,
and is prescribed by
the regulations;
“hazard management agency” has the
meaning given by section 4;
“hazard management officer” means a
person authorised under section 55;
“hazardous substance”
means —
(a) a
chemical, biological or radiological substance; or
(b) any
other substance,
that is capable of
causing loss of life, injury to a person, or damage to the health of a person
or to the environment;
“local emergency coordinator” means a
local emergency coordinator appointed under section 37;
"local emergency management committee" means a
committee established under section 38;
“local government district”
—
(a) has
the meaning given to “district” by the Local Government
Act 1995 ; and
(b) in
relation to a local government, means the district established for the local
government under the Local Government Act 1995 ;
“occupier” has the meaning given to
that term in the Local Government Act 1995 ;
“owner” has the meaning given to that
term in the Local Government Act 1995 ;
“personal details” , in relation to a
person, means —
(a) the
person’s full name;
(b) the
person’s date of birth;
(c) the
address of where the person is living; and
(d) the
address of where the person usually lives;
“place” includes land, area of water
or premises;
“premises” includes a building or
structure, or part of a building or structure, of any type;
“property” means real or personal
property of any description;
“public authority” means —
(a) an
agency as defined in the Public Sector Management Act 1994 ;
(b) a
body, corporate or unincorporate, that is established or continued for a
public purpose by the State, regardless of the way it is established;
(c) a
local government or regional local government;
(d) the
Police Force of Western Australia;
(e) a
member or officer of a body referred to in paragraph (a), (b), (c) or
(d); or
(f) a
person or body prescribed (or of a class prescribed) by the regulations as a
public authority for the purposes of this definition;
“recovery” has the meaning given in
paragraph (d) of the definition of “emergency management”;
"SEMC" means the State Emergency Management
Committee established under section 13;
“State Disaster Council” means the
State Disaster Council established under section 63;
“ State Emergency Coordination Group ”
means the State Emergency Coordination Group established under
section 26;
“State Emergency Coordinator” means
the person holding the office referred to in section 10;
“State emergency management plan”
means a plan prepared under section 18;
“State emergency management policy”
means a policy prepared under section 17;
“state of emergency” means a state of
emergency declared under section 56;
“state of emergency declaration” means
a declaration made under section 56;
“support organisation” has the meaning
given by section 6(3);
“vehicle” means any thing capable of
transporting people or things by road, rail or water, including a hovercraft,
and it does not matter how the thing is moved or propelled.