New South Wales Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

ELECTRICITY (PACIFIC POWER) ACT 1950 - SECT 3

3 Definitions

(1) In this Act unless the context or subject matter otherwise indicates or requires:
"Arbitration" means arbitration conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Arbitration Act 1902 and, for the purposes of reference to arbitration under that Act, this Act shall be deemed to be a submission between the parties within the meaning of the same.
"Area" has the same meaning as it has in the Local Government Act 1993 .
"Board" means the board of directors for Pacific Power appointed under section 5B.
"Chief Executive" means the Chief Executive of Pacific Power appointed under section 5D.
"Corporation" means the Energy Corporation of New South Wales constituted under the Energy Administration Act 1987 .
"Electricity supply authority" means a person or body engaged in the supply of electricity to the public or in the generation of electricity for supply, directly or indirectly, to the public whether by statute, franchise agreement or otherwise and includes:

(a) the Commission, or

(b) a distribution network service provider within the meaning of the Electricity Supply Act 1995 , or

(e) the Water Administration Ministerial Corporation.

"Generating plant" means any plant equipment or apparatus and appliances used or capable of being used for the purpose of generating electricity.
"Pacific Power" means the corporation established by section 5.
"Part" means Part of this Act.
"Public Authority" includes the Governor, any Minister of the Crown and any statutory body representing the Crown.
"Regulations" means regulations made under this Act.
"Statutory body" or "Statutory body representing the Crown" includes the Commissioner for Main Roads, the Commissioner for Road Transport and Tramways, the Water Administration Ministerial Corporation and any public body which the Governor may by proclamation published in the Gazette under this Act declare to be a statutory body representing the Crown.
"Subsidiary company" means a company in which the Commission has a controlling interest (as referred to in Division 2A of Part 3).
"Works" means plant and equipment (fixed or mobile), structures, buildings, lines, cables, meters and conveniences and appurtenances for and in connection with the generation, transmission and supply of electricity.

(2) In Part 2 and Schedules 6 and 7, a reference to:

(a) a function includes a reference to a power, authority and duty, and

(b) the exercise of a function includes, where that function is a duty, a reference to the performance of that duty.

(3) In a Schedule to this Act, a reference to a subclause is, unless a contrary intention appears, a reference to a subclause of the clause in which the reference occurs.

(4) In this or any other Act or in any statutory instrument or in any other document, whether of the same or a different kind, a reference to a servant of the Commission shall, on and after the day appointed and notified under section 2 (2) of the Electricity Commission (Amendment) Act 1982 , be read and construed as a reference to an employee of the Commission.

(5) In this Act, a reference to the area of a council includes, in the case of Sydney Electricity, a reference to the Sydney Electricity District within the meaning of the Sydney Electricity Act 1990 .

(6) In this Act (except for Part 2 of Schedule 7):

(a) a reference to the Commission includes a reference to Pacific Power, and

(b) a reference to a commissioner includes a reference to a director of the Board, and

(c) a reference to the general manager includes a reference to the Chief Executive.