Victorian Consolidated Legislation

ESSENTIAL SERVICES ACT 1958

No. 6244 of 1958
Version incorporating amendments as at 7 September 2007

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Section Page
   1.      Short title and commencement
   2.      Repeal
   3.      Definitions
   4.      Proclamation of emergency where essential service is likely to
           be interrupted
   5.      Powers of Minister during period of emergency
   6.      Compliance with directions etc. of Minister
   7.      Delegation of powers and functions by Minister
   8.      Application and operation of directions etc.
   9.      Compensation to persons and bodies complying with directions etc.
   10.     Power to prohibit opening of specified places etc.
   11.     Penalty for taking part in strike without approval by secret
           ballot
   12.     Secret ballots as to continuation of certain strikes etc.
   13.     Lock-outs in essential services illegal
   14.     Offence to intimidate etc. employees in essential services
   15.     Offences and penalty
   16.     Appropriation
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           SCHEDULE-Repeal
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           ENDNOTES
           1. General Information
           2. Table of Amendments
           3. Explanatory Details