72ADefinitions

72A Definitions In sections 72A to 72R— ***advisory committee*** means the advisory committee established under section 72R; ***Authority*** means the Victorian WorkCover Authority; ***career firefighter*** has the same meaning as in section 4(1) of the **Firefighters' Presumptive Rights Compensation and Fire Services Legislation Amendment (Reform) Act 2019**; ***CFA*** means the Country Fire Authority appointed under the **Country Fire Authority Act 1958**; ***Department Head*** has the same meaning as in section 4(1) of the **Public Administration Act 2004**; ***firefighter*** means— (a) a career firefighter; or (b) a volunteer firefighter; or (c) a forest firefighter; ***firefighting*** means exposure to the hazards of a fire scene including— (a) by extinguishing, controlling or preventing the spread of fires; or (b) by the application or use of fire— (i) to prevent fire; or (ii) for the purposes specified in section 62A(1); ***forest firefighter*** means— (a) an occupational forest firefighter; or (b) a surge forest firefighter; ***Melbourne Water Corporation*** has the same meaning as in section 3(1) of the **Water Act 1989**; ***occupational forest firefighter*** has the meaning given by section 72B; ***public sector body*** has the same meaning as in section 4(1) of the **Public Administration Act 2004**; ***public sector body Head*** has the same meaning as in section 4(1) of the **Public Administration Act 2004**; ***surge forest firefighter*** has the meaning given by section 72C; S. 72A def. of *VicForests* inserted by No. 24/2024 s. 53. ***VicForests*** means the State body known as "VicForests" established under section 14 of the **State Owned Enterprises Act 1992** by Order in Council dated 28 October 2003 published in the Government Gazette on 28 October 2003 and abolished by the **Sustainable Forests (Timber) Repeal Act 2024**; ***volunteer firefighter*** has the same meaning as in section 4(1) of the **Firefighters' Presumptive Rights Compensation and Fire Services Legislation Amendment (Reform) Act 2019**. S. 72B inserted by No. 46/2021 s. 6.