approved form means a form approved by the Minister under section 7A.
authorised member of a fire fighting authority or other authority means:
(a) a member of the authority; or
(b) a person authorised by the authority to perform functions conferred on authorised members under this Ordinance.
back burning means the application of fire to combustible matter to provide a fire break to control or suppress a fire or protect persons, property or the environment from an existing or imminent danger arising out of a fire.
bush fire includes a grass fire.
bush fire danger period has the meaning given by section 72.
bush fire hazard complaint means a complaint made under subsection 61(1).
bush fire hazard reduction notice means a notice issued by a hazard reduction officer under subsection 56(1).
bush fire hazard reduction work means:
(a) the establishment or maintenance of fire breaks and fire trails on land; or
(b) the controlled application of appropriate fire regimes or other means for the reduction or modification of available fuels within a predetermined area to mitigate against the spread of a bush fire;
but does not include construction of a track or road.
bush fire management plan means a plan of operations or a bush fire risk management plan.
bush fire risk management plan means a plan prepared under Part 3 containing the matters mentioned in section 44 and adopted by the Fire Management Committee under section 48.
combustible matter means any matter or substance:
(a) capable of ignition:
(i) spontaneously; or
(ii) by the application of heat, fire, flame or sparks; or
(b) prescribed by the rules as combustible matter for the purposes of this definition.
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; and
(b) that requires a significant and coordinated response.
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;
(h) any other emergency service operating in the Territory under an agreement with the Commonwealth, or on an ad hoc basis during an emergency.
environment includes:
(a) the physical characteristics of the Territory; and
(b) plants, native animals and marine life; and
(c) natural and physical resources.
financial year means the period from 1 July to the following 30 June.
fire fighting apparatus includes vehicles, equipment and other things used for or in connection with the prevention or suppression of fire or the protection of life or property in case of fire.
fire fighting authority means any of the following:
(a) the Rural Fire Service;
(b) Fire and Rescue NSW;
(c) the NSW Rural Fire Service;
(d) Parks Australia;
(e) the New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service;
(f) any other person or body specified by the rules for this definition.
Fire Management Committee means the Jervis Bay Territory Fire Management Committee established by section 40.
fire permit means a permit issued under section 77.
fire risk object: see subsection 86K(1).
function includes a power, authority or duty.
hazard management officer means a person nominated as a hazard management officer under section 54.
Infrastructure Department means the Department administered by the Minister responsible for administering the Jervis Bay Territory Acceptance Act 1915.
interstate fire brigade means a fire brigade (by whatever name) established under a law of a place outside the Territory.
light a fire includes:
(a) maintain or use a fire; and
(b) cause a fire to be lit, maintained or used.
managed land has the meaning given by the rules.
motorised machine includes any vehicle or machine that is operated by means of an internal combustion engine or other fuel‑burning engine.
New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service means the service established by section 6 of the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 (NSW).
occupier of land means:
(a) the person who has the management or beneficial use of the land (whether resident on the land or not); or
(b) if the land is a public reserve or park—the trustees or any person having the care, control and management of the land.
officer of a rural fire brigade means the holder of a rank determined as a rank of an officer by the Minister under subsection 10(2).
officer in charge, at a fire at which a rural fire brigade is present for the purpose of mitigating or suppressing the fire, means the person for the time being in charge of the members of the rural fire brigade present at the fire.
owner of land:
(a) for leased Commonwealth land—means the lessee; and
(b) for Commonwealth land that is not leased—means:
(i) the Commonwealth; or
(ii) a person to whom the Commonwealth has lawfully contracted to sell the land but in respect of which the purchase price or other consideration for the sale has not been received by the Crown; and
(c) for land other than Commonwealth land—includes:
(i) each person who jointly or severally, whether at law or in equity, is entitled to the land for any estate of freehold in possession; and
(ii) every such person who is entitled to receive, or is in receipt of, or if the land were let to a tenant would be entitled to receive, the rents and profits of the land, whether as beneficial owner, trustee, mortgagee in possession, or otherwise.
Parks Australia means:
(a) that part of the Department (the Environment Department) administered by the Minister administering the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 that is known as Parks Australia; or
(b) if there is a change in the name by which that part of the Environment Department is known—that part of the Environment Department known by the changed name.
plan of operations means a plan prepared under Part 3 containing the matters mentioned in section 43 and adopted by the Fire Management Committee under section 49.
premises includes a building or part of a building, and any land whether built on or not, but does not include a building on, or land forming part of, managed land.
public authority means:
(a) a public authority constituted under an Ordinance other than this Ordinance; or
(b) a Department; or
(c) a statutory body of the Commonwealth; or
(d) a person prescribed by the rules as a public authority;
and includes, for the purposes of Part 4, an authorised network operator within the meaning of the Electricity Network Assets (Authorised Transactions) Act 2015 (NSW), as in force at the time the Jervis Bay Territory Rural Fires Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Ordinance 2019 commenced.
rules means rules made under section 98.
rural fire brigade means a rural fire brigade formed under section 12.
Rural Fire Service means the Jervis Bay Territory Rural Fire Service established by section 8.
Service Standards means the standards issued by the Minister under section 11.
this Ordinance includes the rules.
tree includes bush, shrub, scrub or timber.
unoccupied Commonwealth land means Crown land that is not:
(a) held under lease or licence; or
(b) vested in, or under the control of, trustees.
vehicle means any means of transport whether self‑propelled or not, and whether used on land or water or in the air.
volunteer rural fire fighters means:
(a) members of a rural fire brigade; or
(b) a person (other than a member of a rural fire brigade) who, without remuneration or reward, voluntarily and without obligation engages in fighting, or activities associated with fighting, a fire with the consent of, or under the authority and supervision of, an officer of a rural fire brigade.