Fire and Emergency Services Act 1998

In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears —

annual estimate, in relation to expenditure, means an estimate of expenditure for a financial year;

assessment notice means a notice served under section 36J(1) or 36L(2);

assistance operation means an operation to provide assistance to —

in performing functions relating to emergency services;

consultative committee means a committee appointed by the Minister under section 22;

Crown land has the same meaning as it has in the Land Administration Act 1997;

Department means the department of the Public Service principally assisting in the administration of this Act;

emergency services Acts means this Act, the Bush Fires Act 1954 and the Fire Brigades Act 1942;

employed in the Department means employed or engaged in the Department in accordance with section 20(1);

ESL category area means an area of Western Australia that is declared under section 36F(2);

FES activities means —

FES Commissioner means the Fire and Emergency Services Commissioner;

FES Unit means a group of persons approved by the FES Commissioner under section 18M;

Fire and Emergency Services Commissioner means the chief executive officer of the Department;

gross rental value, in relation to land, has the same meaning as it has in the Valuation of Land Act 1978;

hazardous material incident means an actual or impending spillage or other escape of anything the spillage or escape of which causes or threatens to cause injury or death, or damage to property or to the environment;

incident means —

leviable land means land on which the levy is payable;

levy means the emergency services levy determined under Part 6A and imposed under the Emergency Services Levy Act 2002;

levy interest means interest that has accrued on the levy under section 36S;

levy year, in relation to the payment of the levy, means the financial year for which the levy is payable;

marine search and rescue operation means a search and rescue operation that is carried out at sea or in, on or around any body of water;

member of staff means the FES Commissioner or a public service officer or other person employed in the Department;

monitoring activity means an activity carried out for the purpose of finding out about the occurrence of events that might result in a marine search and rescue operation being required (such as monitoring marine radio frequencies or keeping watch for distress flares or signals);

natural disaster means a flood, cyclone or other storm, earthquake, tsunami or other prescribed event;

operating account of the Department means an agency special purpose account established for the purposes of the operations of the Department under the Financial Management Act 2006 section 16(1)(a);

owner, in relation to land, has the meaning given in section 3A;

rescue operation means an operation to rescue or recover a person or property endangered as a result of an accident, explosion or other similar event;

search and rescue operation means an operation to search for, and if necessary rescue or recover, a person or property who or which is lost or endangered as a result of a natural disaster, accident or other event;

SES Unit means a group of persons approved by the FES Commissioner under section 18C;

VMRS Group means a group of persons approved by the FES Commissioner under section 18H.

[Section 3 amended: No. 38 of 2002 s. 4; No. 42 of 2002 s. 4; No. 22 of 2012 s. 6 and 43.]