Cap. 411 Art. 2Interpretation.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires:-

"the Department" means the Department of Civil Protection established by article 3;

"Directors" means the Directors of the Department of Civil Protection who shall be assuming any such function or duty as indicated by the Director General;" and immediately thereafter there shall be added the following new definition: "Director General" means the Director General of the Department of Civil Protection and includes any officer designated or authorised by the Director General to act on his behalf; "disaster" means an unforeseeable event which causes or threatens to cause damage to the lives and health of a significant number of people, or to property or to vital supply resources of the population or to the environment, and the urgency of the situation requires the co-operation of authorities, institutions, and organisations for prompt remedial action;

"the Force" means the Rescue and Assistance Force established by article 8 consisting of the Director General, the Directors, the Deputy Directors, the Chief Assistance and Rescue Officers, the Station Officers, the Leading Assistance and Rescue Officers, the Assistance and Rescue Officers and the Fire Safety Inspectors or any officers in equivalent grades who exercise equivalent duties; "the Commander" means the Commander appointed to act as such under article 9; "the Council" means the Civil Protection Council established under article 5; "the Minister" means the Minister responsible for Civil Protection and includes, to the extent and authority given, any person or body of persons authorised by the said Minister for any of the purposes of this Act.