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.]