Terms used
42 Terms used
In this Part —
amended Act means this Act as amended by the Fire and Emergency Services Legislation Amendment Act 2012 Part 2;
amended Bush Fires Act means the Bush Fires Act 1954 as amended by the Fire and Emergency Services Legislation Amendment Act 2012 Part 3;
amended Fire Brigades Act means the Fire Brigades Act 1942 as amended by the Fire and Emergency Services Legislation Amendment Act 2012 Part 4;
amended Superannuation Act means the Fire and Emergency Services Superannuation Act 1985 as amended by the Fire and Emergency Services Legislation Amendment Act 2012 Part 5;
assets means any legal or equitable estate or interest (whether present or future, whether vested or contingent and whether personal or assignable) in real or personal property of any description and includes money, securities, choses in action and documents;
Authority means the Fire and Emergency Services Authority of Western Australia established by section 4 of the former Act;
board of management means the board of management referred to in section 6 of the former Act;
consultative committees means the committees appointed under section 22 of the former Act;
former Act means this Act as in force before the transfer time;
former Bush Fires Act means the Bush Fires Act 1954 as in force before the transfer time;
former Fire Brigades Act means the Fire Brigades Act 1942 as in force before the transfer time;
former Superannuation Act means the Fire and Emergency Services Superannuation Act 1985 as in force before the transfer time;
liability means any liability, duty or obligation whether actual, contingent or prospective, liquidated or unliquidated, or whether owed alone or jointly or jointly and severally with any other person;
relevant successor means —
the Minister, in relation to the Authority and a function of the Authority that, at the transfer time, becomes a function of the Minister; and
the FES Commissioner, in relation to the Authority and a function of the Authority that, at the transfer time, becomes a function of the FES Commissioner; and
the State, in relation to assets and liabilities transferred to the State by section 45; and
the FES Ministerial Body, in relation to assets and liabilities transferred to the FES Ministerial Body by section 45;
right means any right, power, privilege or immunity whether actual, prospective or contingent;
statutory transition means the transition from the provisions of the former Act, former Bush Fires Act and former Fire Brigades Act to the provisions of the amended Act, amended Bush Fires Act and amended Fire Brigades Act, including the transition from the Authority to a relevant successor;
transfer order means an order under section 44;
transfer time means the time when the Fire and Emergency Services Legislation Amendment Act 2012 section 7 comes into operation.
[Section 42 inserted: No. 22 of 2012 s. 39.]
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