South Australian Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

STATE EMERGENCY SERVICE ACT 1987 - SECT 3

3—Interpretation

In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears—

"assistant emergency officer" means a member of an S.E.S. unit who has not been appointed under this Act as an emergency officer;

"the Deputy Director" means the person for the time being holding, or acting in, the position of Deputy Director of State Emergency Service South Australia;

"the Director" means the person for the time being holding, or acting in, the position of Director of State Emergency Service South Australia;

"emergency" means any occurrence (including, without limiting the generality of this definition, fire, flood, storm, tempest, earthquake, eruption, epidemic of human, animal or plant disease and accident) that causes, or threatens to cause, loss of life or injury to persons or animals or damage to property, but does not include—

            (a)         an occurrence in respect of which a declaration under the State Disaster Act 1980 is in force; or

            (b)         a civil riot or disturbance; or

            (c)         an industrial dispute;

"emergency officer" means a person appointed by or under this Act as an emergency officer;

"emergency order" means an order of the Director in force under section 11(1);

"the Service" means State Emergency Service South Australia continued in existence under this Act;

"S.E.S. unit" means an organisation registered as an S.E.S. unit under this Act.