Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Emergency Management Act 1986 - SECT 4

Definitions

4. Definitions



(1) In this Act-

active standby duty means being available at a particular place so that
assistance can be quickly provided in the event of an emergency or a request
for assistance;

agency means a government agency or a non-government agency;

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Commissioner means the person who, for the time being, is employed as
Emergency Services Commissioner under the Public Administration Act 2004;





Co-ordinator in Chief means the Co-ordinator in Chief of Emergency Management;



Council means the Victoria Emergency Management Council established under
section 8;

Deputy Co-ordinator in Chief means the Deputy Co-ordinator in Chief of
Emergency Management;

DISPLAN means the state emergency response plan referred to in section 10;

emergency means an emergency due to the actual or imminent occurrence of an
event which in any way endangers or threatens to endanger the safety or health
of any person in Victoria or which destroys or damages, or threatens to
destroy or damage, any property in Victoria or endangers or threatens to
endanger the environment or an element of the environment in Victoria
including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing-

   (a)  an earthquake, flood, wind-storm or other natural event; and

   (b)  a fire; and

   (c)  an explosion; and

   (d)  a road accident or any other accident; and

   (e)  a plague or an epidemic; and

   (f)  a warlike act, whether directed at Victoria or a part of Victoria or
        at any other State or Territory of the Commonwealth; and

   (g)  a hi-jack, siege or riot; and

   (h)  a disruption to an essential service;

emergency activity means-

   (a)  performing a role or discharging a responsibility of an agency in
        accordance with DISPLAN or the state emergency recovery plan; or

   (b)  training or practising for an activity referred to in paragraph (a) or
        being on active standby duty; or

   (c)  travelling to or from the place where an activity referred to in
        paragraph (a) or (b) has occurred or is to occur;

emergency area means an emergency area declared under section 36A;



emergency management means the organisation and management of resources for
dealing with all aspects of emergencies;

emergency services agency means any of the following-

   (a)  the Country Fire Authority established under the
        Country Fire Authority Act 1958;

   (b)  the Metropolitan Fire and Emergency Services Board established under
        the Metropolitan Fire Brigades Act 1958;

   (c)  the Victoria State Emergency Service Authority established under the
        Victoria State Emergency Service Act 2005;

   (d)  any other prescribed agency; Emergency Services Telecommunications
        Authority has the same meaning as Authority has in the
        Emergency Services Telecommunications Authority Act 2004;





essential service means any of the following services-

   (a)  transport;

   (b)  fuel (including gas);

   (c)  light;

   (d)  power;

   (e)  water;

   (f)  sewerage;

   (g)  a service (whether or not of a type similar to the foregoing) declared
        to be an essential service by the Governor in Council under subsection
        (2);

government agency means-

   (a)  any body corporate or unincorporate constituted by or under any Act
        for a public purpose; and

   (b)  any member or officer of such a body; and

   (c)  any person in the service of the Crown in the right of the State of
        Victoria upon whom any function, power, duty or responsibility is
        conferred by or under any Act;

non-government agency means a voluntary organization or any other person or
body other than a government agency;

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State Co-ordinator means the State Co-ordinator of DISPLAN referred to in
section 11;

volunteer emergency worker means a volunteer worker who engages in emergency
activity at the request (whether directly or indirectly) or with the express
or implied consent of the chief executive (however designated), or of a person
acting with the authority of the chief executive, of an agency to which
DISPLAN or the state emergency recovery plan applies;

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(2) The Governor in Council, by order published in the Government Gazette, may
declare a service to be an essential service for the purposes of this Act.



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