Victorian Consolidated Legislation

City of Melbourne Act 2001 - SECT 3

Definitions

3. Definitions



In this Act-

Authority means the Victorian Urban Development Authority established by the
Victorian Urban Development Authority Act 2003; City of Melbourne means the
municipal district of the Council;

Council means the Melbourne City Council;

Deputy Lord Mayor means the Deputy Lord Mayor of the City of Melbourne;
docklands area has the same meaning as in the Docklands Act 1991;

election day means-

   (a)  in the case of an election, the day of an election determined under
        section 31 or 38 of the Local Government Act 1989;

   (b)  in the case of a poll of voters', the relevant date specified in the
        public notice under clause 16 of Schedule 3 of the
        Local Government Act 1989; Electoral Commission means any person or
        body that is authorised under the law of the State of Victoria or of
        the Commonwealth or of any other State or of a Territory of the
        Commonwealth to conduct parliamentary elections in Victoria or the
        Commonwealth or the other State or the Territory of the Commonwealth;
        entitlement date means-

   (a)  the day that is 57 days before the election day; or

   (b)  if the date determined under paragraph (a) is a public holiday, means
        the day which is the last working day before that day; exhibition roll
        means the roll prepared under section 11B;

exhibition roll date means-

   (a)  the day that is 100 days before election day; or

   (b)  an earlier day than the day that is 100 days before election day and
        which is specified in an Order in Council for the purposes of the
        definition of exhibition roll date under the
        Local Government Act 1989;

general election means an election for all of the members of the Council;

Lord Mayor means the Lord Mayor of the City of Melbourne; Privacy Commissioner
means the Privacy Commissioner appointed under the
Information Privacy Act 2000;

rateable property means an occupancy which is separately valued under
section 13DC of the Valuation of Land Act 1960 and is rateable land; Registrar
means-

   (a)  the Chief Executive Officer; or

   (b)  if the Council has engaged an Electoral Commission to prepare the
        exhibition roll and the voters' roll, the relevant officer appointed
        in writing by the Electoral Commission to be the Registrar.