Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Electricity Industry Act 2000 - SECT 3

Definitions

3. Definitions

In this Act-

ACCC means the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission established by
section 6A of the Trade Practices Act 1974 of the Commonwealth and includes a
member of the Commission or a Division of the Commission performing functions
of the Commission; AEMC means the Australian Energy Market Commission
established by section 5 of the
Australian Energy Market Commission Establishment Act 2004 of South Australia;
AEMO means Australian Energy Market Operator Limited (ACN 072 010 327);

Commission means the Essential Services Commission established under the
Essential Services Commission Act 2001;

company means a company within the meaning of the Corporations Act that is
taken to be registered in Victoria;

corporation has the same meaning as in the Corporations Act;



distribution company means a person who is the holder of a licence to
distribute electricity; domestic or small business customer means a person, or
a member of a class of persons, to whom an Order under section 35(5) applies;

electricity bill means a bill or account issued by a licensee to a customer
for the supply or sale of electricity;

enforcement officer means a person appointed as an enforcement officer under
Part 11 of the Electricity Safety Act 1998;

generation company means a person who is the holder of a licence to generate
electricity for supply or sale;

licence means a licence issued under Part 2;

licensee, except in Part 3, means the holder of a licence issued under Part 2;
licensee standing offer means-

   (a)  the tariffs determined by a licensee under section 35(1) and published
        in the Government Gazette in accordance with that subsection, as
        varied from time to time by the licensee as provided for under section
        35(3); and

   (b)  the terms and conditions determined by a licensee and approved by the
        Commission under section 35(1) and published in the Government Gazette
        in accordance with that subsection, as varied from time to time by the
        licensee and approved by the Commission as provided for under section
        35(4); MCE means the Ministerial Council on Energy established on 8
        June 2001, being the Council of Ministers with primary carriage of
        energy matters at a national level comprising the Ministers
        representing the Commonwealth, the States, the Australian Capital
        Territory and the Northern Territory, acting in accordance with its
        own procedures; National Electricity Rules has the same meaning as in
        the National Electricity (Victoria) Law;







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regulated tariff standing offer means a licensee standing offer that is
subject to an Order under section 13 that is in force;

relevant published offer means the tariffs and terms and conditions on which a
specified retailer sells electricity to small retail customers that are
published in accordance with section 36A;

retailer means the holder of a licence to sell electricity otherwise than
through the wholesale electricity market;

SEC means the State Electricity Commission of Victoria; small retail customer
in section 36A, 40C, 40D or 40E means a person in a class of persons declared
to be small retail customers for the purposes of that section by Order under
section 7AA(1)(a);

specified circumstances, in section 36A, means circumstances declared to be
specified circumstances by Order under section 7AA(1)(c);

specified retailer means a retailer declared to be a specified retailer by
Order under section 7AA(1)(b);

standing offer means-

   (a)  a licensee standing offer; or

   (b)  a regulated tariff standing offer; Tariff Order means an Order made
        under section 15A as that Order is amended and in force from time to
        time;

transmission company means a person who is the holder of a licence to transmit
electricity;

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wholesale electricity market means the market for wholesale trading in
electricity operated by AEMO.