Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01081:reg:4:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01081
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 4 (pt 1/3)
Character Range: 4667–7476

4  Definitions
  In this Ordinance:
AFP means the Australian Federal Police.
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)