Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Emergency Services Telecommunications Authority Act 2004 - SECT 3

Definitions

3. Definitions

In this Act- advisory committee means the advisory committee appointed under
section 21; Authority means the Emergency Services Telecommunications
Authority established under Division 1 of Part 2; call taking and dispatch
services means the services of-

   (a)  taking, listening to and recording calls from the public or a member
        of an emergency services and other related services organisation,
        being calls in which assistance is sought of an
        emergency services and other related services organisation; and

   (b)  communicating the information given in such calls to the persons in
        emergency services and other related services organisations that are
        designated to respond to the calls and recording any such
        communication of information; Commissioner has the same meaning as in
        the Emergency Management Act 1986; Corporate plan means a plan
        prepared by the Authority under Division 1 of Part 4 and approved by
        the Minister under that Division; Country Fire Authority has the same
        meaning as Authority has in the Country Fire Authority Act 1958;
Emergency Communications Victoria means the body known as "Emergency
Communications Victoria", established under the
State Owned Enterprises Act 1992 by Order of the Governor in Council published
in the special Government Gazette dated 4 June 2002;



emergency services and other related services organisation means any of the
following-

   (a)  the Country Fire Authority;

   (b)  the Metropolitan Ambulance Service;

   (c)  the Metropolitan Fire and Emergency Services Board;

   (d)  Rural Ambulance Victoria;

   (e)  Victoria Police;

   (f)  the Victoria State Emergency Service Authority;

   (g)  any government agency;

   (h)  any person who is a party to a contract with
        Emergency Communications Victoria for the provision of emergency or
        other related services immediately before the commencement of this
        section;

   (i)  an organisation that provides services that are related to services
        provided by organisations specified in paragraphs (a) to (f);

   (j)  any other person or body prescribed for the purposes of this
        definition; emergency telecommunications and other communications
        services means either or both of the following-

   (a)  call taking and dispatch services; and

   (b)  operational communications services;

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member means a member of the Authority appointed under section 9; Metropolitan
Ambulance Service has the same meaning as in the Ambulance Services Act 1986;
Metropolitan Fire and Emergency Services Board has the same meaning as Board
has in the Metropolitan Fire Brigades Act 1958; operational communications
services means services that enable the communication within any
emergency services and other related services organisation or between any such
organisations about all or any of the following-

   (a)  incidents detected by members of an
        emergency services and other related services organisation that
        require a response and, when required, reporting back data and
        information on any such incidents; or

   (b)  events, activities or other matters that require the attendance of any
        emergency services and other related services organisation and, when
        required, reporting back data and information on any such events,
        activities or matters; or

   (c)  any other operational matters- when the service is not provided within
        or by an organisation itself; Rural Ambulance Victoria means the
        ambulance service created as Rural Ambulance Victoria by Order in
        Council under section 23 of the Ambulance Services Act 1986, dated 2
        February 1999 and published in the Government Gazette on 4 February
        1999 at page 212; Victoria Police has the same meaning as the force
        has in the Police Regulation Act 1958; Victoria State Emergency
        Service Authority means the Victoria State Emergency Service Authority
        established under the Victoria State Emergency Service Act 2005.