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WATER INDUSTRY ACT 1994 - SECT 3

Definitions

    (1)     In this Act—

S. 3(1) def. of analyst inserted by No. 110/1997
s. 26, repealed by No. 17/2012 s. 70(1).

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S. 3(1) def. of authorised officer inserted by No. 66/2000 s. 3(a).

"authorised officer" means a person appointed as an authorised officer under the Conservation, Forests and Lands Act 1987 for the purposes of Divisions 4 and 6 of Part 4 of this Act;

S. 3(1) def. of authorised person amended by No. 66/2000 s. 3(b), repealed by No. 17/2012 s. 70(1).

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S. 3(1) def. of authorised water officer inserted by No. 29/2007 s. 3, repealed by No. 17/2012 s. 70(1).

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S. 3(1) def. of Commission
inserted by No. 62/2001 s. 91(a).

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

S. 3(1) def. of company substituted by No. 44/2001 s. 3(Sch. item 128.1(a)).

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

S. 3(1) def. of drought response plan inserted by No. 29/2007 s. 3, repealed by No. 17/2012 s. 70(1).

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S. 3(1) def. of emergency management plan inserted by No. 29/2007 s. 3, repealed by No. 17/2012 s. 70(1).

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S. 3(1) def. of licence repealed by No. 17/2012 s. 70(1).

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S. 3(1) def. of licensee inserted by No. 29/2007 s. 3, repealed by No. 17/2012 s. 70(1).

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S. 3(1) def. of MMBW Act repealed by No. 85/2006 s. 173(Sch. 1 item 15.1(a)).

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S. 3(1) def. of officer amended by No. 44/2001 s. 3(Sch. item 128.1(b)).

"officer", in relation to a body corporate, has the meaning given by section 82A of the Corporations Act;

S. 3(1) def. of Parks Victoria recorded land inserted by No. 19/2018 s. 221(a).

Parks Victoria recorded land has the same meaning as in the Conservation, Forests and Lands Act 1987 ;

S. 3(1) def. of permanent water saving plan inserted by No. 29/2007 s. 3, repealed by No. 17/2012 s. 70(1).

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S. 3(1) def. of police officer inserted by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 183.1).

"police officer" has the same meaning as in the Victoria Police Act 2013 ;

S. 3(1) def. of principal works repealed by No. 17/2012 s. 70(1).

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S. 3(1) def. of rating authority inserted by No. 44/1998
s. 28(1), substituted by No. 66/2000 s. 3(c).

"rating authority" means the Minister administering Part 4;

S. 3(1) def. of retail licence repealed by No. 17/2012 s. 70(1).

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S. 3(1) def. of Secretary inserted by No. 44/1998
s. 28(1), substituted by No. 19/2018 s. 221(b).

"Secretary" has the same meaning as in the Conservation, Forests and Lands Act 1987 ;

S. 3(1) def. of Secretary
to the Department
of Health inserted by No. 29/2010 s. 74(1).

"Secretary to the Department of Health" means the Department Head (within the meaning of the Public Administration Act 2004 ) of the Department of Health;

S. 3(1) def. of security deposit repealed by No. 17/2012 s. 70(1).

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S. 3(1) def. of service charge inserted by No. 65/1995 s. 14(1)(a), repealed by No. 17/2012 s. 70(1).

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S. 3(1) def. of trade waste agreement inserted by No. 65/1995 s. 14(1)(a), substituted by No. 85/2006 s. 173(Sch. 1 item 15.1(b)), repealed by No. 17/2012 s. 70(1).

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S. 3(1) def. of Tribunal inserted by No. 90/2003 s. 13(1).

"Tribunal" means Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal established by the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 1998 ;

S. 3(1) def. of usage charge amended by No. 65/1995 s. 14(1)(b), repealed by No. 17/2012 s. 70(1).

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S. 3(1) def. of Victorian body corporate substituted by No. 44/2001 s. 3(Sch. item 128.1(c)).

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

S. 3(1) def. of waterways land inserted by No. 66/2000 s. 3(a), amended by No. 17/2012 s. 70(2).

"waterways land" means land of the Crown which is comprised of—

        (a)     the bed, soil and banks of any waterway within the metropolitan area (within the meaning of section 153A); and

        (b)     any land which is within 20 metres of land described in paragraph (a).

S. 3(1) def. of works repealed by No. 17/2012 s. 70(1).

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    (2)     Expressions used in this Act and in the Water Act 1989 that are not defined in subsection (1) or elsewhere in this Act have the same meanings as in the Water Act 1989 .

    (3)     This Act is to be read and construed as one with the Water Act 1989 .



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