Emergency Management Amendment Regulations 2006 (WA)
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FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES
FE301*
Emergency Management Act 2005
Emergency Management Amendment
Regulations 2006
Made by the Governor in Executive Council.
1. Citation
These regulations are the Emergency Management Amendment
Regulations 2006.2. The regulations amended
The amendments in these regulations are to the Emergency
Management Regulations 2006*.[* Published in Gazette 21 April 2006, p. 1582-4.]
3. Part headings inserted
(1) Before regulation 1 the following Part heading is inserted — “
Part 1 — Preliminary
”.
(2) Before regulation 2 the following Part heading is inserted — “
Part 2 — The State Emergency
Management Committee
”.
4. Part 3 inserted
After regulation 13 the following Part is inserted —
“
Part 3 — Hazard management
14. Meaning of terms
In this Part —
“preparedness” has the meaning given in
paragraph (b) of the definition of “emergency” in
section 3 of the Act;
12 January 2007 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 51 “response” has the meaning given in paragraph (c) of
the definition of “emergency” in section 3 of the
Act.15. Events, situations and conditions prescribed as hazards
In addition to the events prescribed in paragraphs (a) to (e) of the definition of “hazard” in section 3 of the Act, the following events, situations or conditions are
prescribed to be hazards —
(a)
persons lost or in distress on land, requiring significant coordination of search operations;
(b)
persons lost or in distress on inland waterways within the limits of a port or in a fishing vessel or pleasure craft within the limits of a port or at sea;
(c) radiation escape from nuclear powered warship; (d) space re-entry debris;
(e) injury or threat to life of persons trapped by the collapse of a structure or landform; (f) actual or impending spillage, release or escape of a chemical, biological, radiological or other substance that is capable of causing loss of life, injury to a person or damage to the health of a
person, property or the environment.16. Hazard management agency — Commissioner of Police
(1)
The Commissioner of Police is the hazard management agency for the emergency management aspects set out in subregulation (2)(a) of the following hazards —
(a) air crash;
(b) road crash;
(c)
persons lost or in distress on land, requiring significant coordination of search operations;
(d)
persons lost or in distress on inland waterways within the limits of a port or in a fishing vessel or pleasure craft within the limits of a port or at sea;
(e) radiation escape from nuclear powered warship; (f) space re-entry debris; (g)
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.
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(2) The Commissioner of Police is the hazard management
agency for the hazards set out in subregulation (1) —
(a) for the aspects of preparedness and response; and (b) for the whole of the State. 17. Hazard management agency — FESA
(1) In this regulation — “FESA” means the Fire and Emergency Services Authority of Western Australia established by the
Fire and Emergency Services Authority of WesternAustralia Act 1998 section 4.
(2) FESA is the hazard management agency for the
emergency management aspects set out in
subregulation (3)(a) of the following hazards —
(a)
injury or threat to life of persons trapped by the collapse of a structure or landform;
(b) cyclone;
(c) earthquake;
(d) flood;(e) storm;
(f) tsunami; (g)
actual or impending spillage, release or escape of a chemical, radiological or other substance that is capable of causing loss of life, injury to a person or damage to the health of a person, property or the environment.
(3) FESA is the hazard management agency for the
hazards set out in subregulation (2) —
(a)
for the aspects of preparedness and response; and
(b) for the whole of the State.
”.
By Command of the Governor,
G. M. PIKE, Clerk of the Executive Council.
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