Hazard management agency — Commissioner of Police
16 Hazard management agency — Commissioner of Police
The Commissioner of Police is the hazard management agency for emergency management of the following hazards for the whole of the State —
air crash;
road crash;
persons lost or in distress on land, requiring significant coordination of search operations;
[(d) deleted.]
radiation escape from nuclear powered warship;
space re‑entry debris;
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;
hostile act.
The Commissioner of Police is the hazard management agency for emergency management of the hazard set out in regulation 15(b) —
for emergency management; and
for the following area or areas —
State waters;
the area of a port as defined in the Shipping and Pilotage Act 1967 section 3;
the area described in relation to a port by order made by the Governor under the Port Authorities Act 1999 section 24.
[Regulation 16 inserted: Gazette 12 Jan 2007 p. 51‑2; amended: Gazette 13 Jan 2009 p. 56; 29 Jan 2013 p. 330; SL 2020/24 r. 8.]
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