s 3

Terms used

In force

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; and

(b)

preparedness — preparation for response to an emergency; and

(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; and

(b)

the person’s date of birth; and

(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; or

(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; or

(c)

a local government, regional local government or regional subsidiary; or

(d)

the Police Force of Western Australia; or

(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.

[Section 3 amended: No. 26 of 2016 s. 52.]

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