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EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACT 2005 - SECT 3

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACT 2005 - SECT 3

3 .         Terms used

                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.]