Victorian Numbered Acts

FAMILY VIOLENCE REFORM IMPLEMENTATION MONITOR ACT 2016 (NO. 74 OF 2016) - SECT 3

In this Act—

"agency" means any of the following that are required to carry out an implementation action—

        (a)     a public service body;

        (b)     a public entity;

        (c)     a special body, other than the following—

              (i)         a department of the Parliament of Victoria;

              (ii)     the IBAC within the meaning of the Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission Act 2011 ;

              (iii)     the Electoral Boundaries Commission established under section 3 of the Electoral Boundaries Commission Act 1982 ;

              (iv)     the office of the Ombudsman within the meaning of the Ombudsman Act 1973 ;

              (v)     the Victorian Auditor-General's Office within the meaning of the Audit Act 1994 ;

              (vi)     the Victorian Electoral Commission established under section 6 of the Electoral Act 2002 ;

              (vii)     the Victorian Inspectorate established under section 8 of the Victorian Inspectorate Act 2011 ;

        (d)     an entity or body specified in a determination made by the Governor in Council under section 4;

"agency Head" means—

        (a)     in relation to an agency that is an entity or body specified in a determination made by the Governor in Council under section 4—a person employed as Chief Executive Officer of that entity or body (however described); or

        (b)     in relation to an agency that is a public service body, a public entity or a special body—a public sector body Head (within the meaning of the Public Administration Act 2004 );

"Department" means the Department of Premier and Cabinet;

implementation action means an action specified in the Implementation Plan to implement or give effect to a reform initiative identified in the Plan;

"Implementation Monitor" means the Family Violence Reform Implementation Monitor appointed under section 7;

"Implementation Plan" means the plan or plans under section 5 ;

"Implementation Report "means a report prepared by the Implementation Monitor under section 23;

"public entity" has the same meaning as it has in section 5 of the Public Administration Act 2004 ;

"public service body" has the same meaning
as it has in section 4 of the Public Administration Act 2004 ;

RCFV recommendation means a recommendation made in the Report
of the Royal Commission into Family Violence delivered to the Governor on 29 March 2016;

"Royal Commission" into Family Violence means the inquiry conducted by the Commissioners appointed under section 5 of the Inquiries Act 2014 by the Letters Patent dated 22 February 2015, a copy of which was published in the Government Gazette on that date;

"Secretary" means Secretary to the Department of Premier and Cabinet;

"special body" has the same meaning as it has in section 6 of the Public Administration Act 2004 .