authorised emergency services officer: see subsection 20(1).
authorised police officer: see subsections 35(1) and (2) and 36(1).
authorised volunteer means a person who assists a rescue unit in carrying out a rescue operation with the consent of the person in charge of the rescue operation.
casual volunteer means a person who assists, on his or her own initiative, in a rescue operation in circumstances in which the assistance is reasonably given.
combat agency: see paragraph 14(4)(b).
coordination means bringing together agencies and individuals to ensure effective emergency or rescue management, but does not include the control of the agencies and individuals by direction.
danger area means an area specified by a senior police officer as an area affected by an emergency.
declaration of a state of emergency means a declaration made by the Minister under section 15.
Defence Department means the Department of State that deals with defence and that is administered by the Minister administering section 1 of the Defence Act 1903.
Defence land means land in the Territory that is occupied by, or being used by, the Defence Department or the Australian Defence Force.
Director of National Parks means the Director of National Parks referred to in section 514A of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.
emergency means an emergency due to an actual or imminent event:
(a) that:
(i) endangers, or threatens to endanger, the safety or health of persons or animals in the Territory; or
(ii) destroys or damages, or threatens to destroy or damage, property in the Territory, including any part of the environment of the Territory; or
(iii) causes a failure of, or a significant disruption to, an essential service or infrastructure; and
(b) that requires a significant and coordinated response.
emergency area means:
(a) the area specified in a declaration of a state of emergency as the area in which a state of emergency exists; or
(b) if no area is specified—the whole of the Territory.
Emergency Management Committee means the Jervis Bay Territory Emergency Management Committee established by section 10.
emergency operation means an operation engaged in by an emergency services organisation in response to an emergency.
emergency services officer means any of the following:
(a) a member of the Emergency Management Committee;
(b) a member or special member of the AFP;
(c) an officer (however described) of the police force of New South Wales;
(d) an officer or member of the Jervis Bay Territory Rural Fire Service;
(e) an officer of the State Emergency Service of New South Wales at or above the position of unit commander;
(f) an officer or member of Fire and Rescue NSW;
(g) an officer or member of the NSW Rural Fire Service;
(h) a member of the Ambulance Service of New South Wales at or above the rank of station officer;
(i) a member of any other emergency services organisation operating in the Territory under an agreement with the Commonwealth, or on an ad hoc basis during an emergency.
emergency services organisation means any of the following organisations:
(a) the AFP;
(b) the police force of New South Wales;
(c) the Jervis Bay Territory Rural Fire Service;
(d) Fire and Rescue NSW;
(e) the NSW Rural Fire Service;
(f) the State Emergency Service of New South Wales;
(g) the Ambulance Service of New South Wales;
(ga) Surf Life Saving New South Wales;
(gb) Volunteer Marine Rescue NSW;
(h) any other emergency service operating in the Territory under an agreement with the Commonwealth, or on an ad hoc basis during an emergency.
emergency services organisation insignia means:
(a) an item that is generally recognised as pertaining to an emergency services organisation or as being used by an emergency services officer; or
(b) a part of an item mentioned in paragraph (a); or
(c) a reasonable imitation of an item, or part of an item, mentioned in paragraph (a); or
(d) a thing prescribed by the rules for this paragraph.
Note: Examples of items for paragraph (a) include uniforms, emblems and logos.
emergency services organisation officer includes an employee, member, volunteer or any other person who exercises functions for or on behalf of an emergency services organisation.
environment includes:
(a) the physical characteristics of the Territory; and
(b) plants, native animals and marine life; and
(c) natural and physical resources.
Environment Department means the Department administered by the Minister administering the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.
hazardous material means anything that, when produced, stored, moved, used or otherwise dealt with without adequate safeguards to prevent the thing from escaping, may cause injury, death to persons or animals, or damage to property.
interstate rescue unit means a rescue unit established and operating outside the Territory.
JBT Emergency Management Plan: see section 14.
Local Emergency Operations Controller: see section 12.
operation notice time: see subsection 30(3).
police officer means:
(a) a member or special member of the AFP; or
(b) an officer (however described) of the police force of New South Wales.
premises includes any of the following:
(a) land;
(b) a place, building, vehicle, vessel or aircraft;
(c) a part of land or a part of a place, building, vehicle, vessel or aircraft.
preparation, in relation to an emergency, includes the making of arrangements or plans to deal with the emergency or the effects of the emergency.
prevention includes:
(a) the identification of hazards that may arise from an occurrence or event that is, or may become, an emergency; and
(b) the assessment of potential threats to life and property that may arise from an occurrence or event that is, or may become, an emergency; and
(c) the taking of measures to reduce potential loss to life or property that may arise from an occurrence or event that is, or may become, an emergency.
recovery, in relation to an emergency, includes the process of returning a community affected by the emergency to its proper level of functioning after the emergency.
rescue means the safe removal of persons or domestic animals from actual or threatened danger of physical harm.
rescue unit means a group of persons that carries out rescue operations for the protection of the public or a section of the public.
response, in relation to an emergency, includes the process of combating the emergency and providing immediate relief for persons affected by the emergency.
rules means rules made under section 48.
sell includes any of the following:
(a) exchange;
(b) let on hire;
(c) offer, expose, possess, send or deliver for sale, exchange or hire.
senior police officer means:
(a) a member or special member of the AFP of or above the rank of sergeant; or
(b) an officer (however described) of the police force of New South Wales of or above the rank of sergeant; or
(c) a police officer in a class prescribed by the rules for this paragraph.
state of emergency means a state of emergency declared under section 15.