135Definitions

135 Definitions

allocator means the person who is nominated by the Minister for the purposes of Division 3;

company transferee, in relation to former MEU property, means the distribution company to which the property has been transferred under this Part;

former MEU property means MEU property that, under this Part, has vested in, or become a liability of, a distribution company;

MEU means an electrical undertaking conducted immediately before the commencement of section 24 of the Electricity Industry (Amendment) Act 1994 by a municipal council under the authority of an Order in Council made under the Electric Light and Power Act 1958 or a corresponding previous enactment;

MEU instrument means an instrument (including a legislative instrument other than this Act) subsisting immediately before the relevant date—

(a) to which a municipal council was a party; or

(b) that was given to or in favour of a municipal council; or

(c) that refers to a municipal council; or

(i) money is, or may become, payable to or by a municipal council; or

(ii) other property is to be, or may become liable to be, transferred to or by a municipal council;

MEU property means the property, rights or liabilities of a municipal council in respect of a MEU to which an agreement under section 136 applies;

new employer, in relation to a transferred MEU staff member, means the distribution company by which, by virtue of section 151, the transferred MEU staff member is regarded as being employed with effect from the relevant date;

relevant date means the date fixed by the Minister under subsection (2);

transferred MEU staff member means a person who, by virtue of section 151, is regarded as being employed by a new employer with effect from the relevant date.

(2) The Minister may, by notice published in the Government Gazette, fix the relevant date for the purposes of this Part.

Division 2—Agreement

S. 136