Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Essential Services Act 1958 - SECT 3

Definitions

3. Definitions

In this Act unless inconsistent with the context or subject-matter-

essential service means any of the following services, namely-

   (a)  transport;

   (b)  fuel;

   (c)  light;

   (d)  power;

   (e)  water;

   (f)  sewerage;

   (g)  any service (whether of a type similar to the foregoing or not)
        specified from time to time by order of the Governor in Council
        published in the Government Gazette-

provided to the public by a passenger transport company within the meaning of
the Transport Act 1983, a train operator or a tram operator as defined in
section 3(1) of the Rail Corporations Act 1996, the State Electricity
Commission of Victoria, Generation Victoria, National Electricity, VENCorp, a
distribution company, a transmission company or a generation company within
the meaning of the Electricity Industry Act 2000, the Melbourne and
Metropolitan Board of Works, any Authority under the Water Act 1989 any gas
company within the meaning of the Gas Industry Act 1994 or any other person or
body specified (whether generally or specially and whether that person or body
is a person or body representing the Crown or not) by Order in Council
published i n the Government Gazette in relation to such service; and includes
any service provided operated controlled regulated or directed by the Minister
under this Act during a period of emergency;

Minister means the Minister (including the Premier of Victoria) for the time
being designated by the Premier of Victoria as the Minister for any purpose
under this Act;

period of emergency means the time during which any proclamation of emergency
made under this Act in relation to any essential service is in force;
Victorian Electoral Commission means the Victorian Electoral Commission
established under section 6 of the Electoral Act 2002.