Emergency Management Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2008 (WA)

29 April 2008 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 1577

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Emergency Management Act 2005

Emergency Management Amendment

Regulations (No. 2) 2008

Made by the Governor in Executive Council.

1.            Citation

These regulations are the Emergency Management Amendment
Regulations (No. 2) 2008.

2.            Commencement

" human epidemic; ";

These regulations come into operation as follows:

(a)	regulations 1 and 2— on the day on which these regulations are published in the Gazette;
(b)	the rest of the regulations — on the day after that day.

3.            The regulations amended

The amendments in these regulations are to the Emergency Management Regulations 2006.
4.	Regulation 15 amended Regulation 15 is amended as follows:

(a) in paragraph (g) by deleting "human epidemic." and

inserting instead —

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(b) by inserting after paragraph (g)

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(h) the presence of —

(i)     an animal or plant pest; or

(ii)     an animal or plant disease.

5.            Regulation 19 inserted

After regulation 18 the following regulation is inserted —

19.	Hazard management agency — Agriculture Director General
(1)	In this regulation — "Agriculture Director General" means the Director

General as defined in the Biosecurity and

Agriculture Management Act 2007 section 6.

(2) The Agriculture Director General is the hazard
management agency of the hazard set out in regulation
15(h) —

(a)	for the emergency management aspects of preparedness and response; and
(b)	for the whole of the State.

By Command of the Governor,

M. C. WAUCHOPE, Clerk of the Executive Council.