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Essential Services Commission Act 2001
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Division 2—Essential Services Commission Operating Fund 127
54ZT Essential Services Commission Operating Fund 127
54ZU Payments into the Essential Services Commission Operating Fund 127
54ZV Payments out of the Essential Services Commission Operating Fund 128
Part 7B—Review by VCAT 129
55 VCAT review 129
56 Proceedings for review by VCAT 134
56A Commission to give effect to VCAT decisions 137
Part 7C—General 138
Division 1—Personal liability and contraventions by bodies corporate and others 138
60 Personal liability 138
60A Contraventions of this Act and relevant legislation by bodies corporate 138
60B Conduct by officers, employees or agents 139
Division 2—Disclosure of information, information sharing and offences 142
60C Restriction on disclosure of confidential information 142
60D Commission must not disclose exempt freedom of information documents 146
60E Information sharing arrangements 147
61 Disclosure of information an offence 151
61A Offence to give false or misleading information or documents 152
61B Monetary benefits order—false and misleading information offence to Commission 153
Division 3—Miscellaneous 154
62 Proceedings 154
62A Who can commence proceedings for offences? 154
62B Determining amount to be paid under monetary benefits orders and certain civil penalty orders 156
62C Court may grant relief from liability 157
63 Supreme Court—limitation of jurisdiction 158
64 Service of documents 158
65 Regulations 159
66 Review 161
Part 8—Transitional 162
67 Repeal of the Office of the Regulator-General Act 1994 162
68 Commission is successor in law 163
69 Transitional provision—uncompleted appeals 164
70 Enforcement 165
71 Enforcement orders 165
72 Energy industry penalty notices 165
73 Information gathering 166
74 Information sharing 167
75 Chief executive officer 168
76 Codes of Practice 169
Endnotes 172
1 General information 172
2 Table of Amendments 174
3 Explanatory details 181
**Version No.** **071**
**Essential Services Commission Act 2001**
**No. 62 of 2001**
Version incorporating amendments as at
**The Parliament of Victoria enacts as follows:**