Victorian Current Acts

ESSENTIAL SERVICES ACT 1958 - SECT 3

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

S. 3 def. of essential service amended by Nos 8353 s. 19, 8976 s. 11(a)(i)(ii), 9902 s. 2(1) (Sch. item 78), 9921 s. 255, 44/1989 s. 41 (Sch. 2 item 12), 81/1989 s. 3(Sch. item 13), 130/1993 s. 122(Sch. 4 item 3) (as amended by No. 53/1994 s. 23(3)(b)), 53/1994 s. 34(Sch. 1 item 1), 110/1994 s. 41(Sch. 1 item 2), 112/1994 s. 114(Sch. 5 item 4), 31/1995 s. 52(Sch. 1 item 5), 91/1997
s. 45, 104/1997
s. 45, 25/1998
s. 170, 30/2000 s. 35, 69/2000 s. 51, 6/2010 s. 203(1)(Sch. 6 item 19) (as amended by No. 45/2010 s. 22).

"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 (Compliance and Miscellaneous) Act 1983 , a train operator or a tram operator as defined in section 3(1) of the Rail Management 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 in 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;

S. 3 def. of period of emergency amended by No. 23/2002 s. 191(1)(a).

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;

S. 3 def. of Victorian Electoral Commission inserted by No. 23/2002 s. 191(1)(b).

"Victorian Electoral Commission" means the Victorian Electoral Commission established under section 6 of the Electoral Act 2002 .

No. 5263 s. 3.