S. 3 def. of ACCC inserted by No. 91/1997
s. 4(1), repealed by No. 32/2001 s. 6(a).
S. 3 def. of Access Code inserted by No. 91/1997
s. 4(1), repealed by No. 31/1998 s. 25(a)(i).
S. 3 def. of Administrator inserted by No. 36/1997 s. 4(3).
Administrator, in relation to a gas company, means the Administrator of the gas company appointed under section 17A;
S. 3 def. of ancillary supply point inserted by No. 91/1997 s. 4(1).
ancillary supply point means ancillary supply point as defined in section 6C(3);
S. 3 def. of apparatus and works repealed by No. 73/2005 s. 4(Sch. 2 item 3.1).
S. 3 def. of appeal tribunal inserted by No. 39/1999 s. 3, repealed by No. 32/2001 s. 6(b).
S. 3 def. of board substituted by No. 36/1997 s. 4(1), amended by No. 2/2004 s. 3(a), repealed by No. 73/2005 s. 4(Sch. 2 item 3.1).
S. 3 def. of chief executive officer inserted by No. 36/1997 s. 4(3).
chief executive officer, in relation to a gas company of which an Administrator has been appointed, means the Administrator of the gas company;
S. 3 def. of civil penalty provision inserted by No. 91/1997
s. 4(1), amended by No. 31/1998 s. 25(a)(ii), repealed by No. 32/2001 s. 6(c).
S. 3 def. of Commission inserted by No. 62/2001 s. 81(a).
Commission means the Essential Services Commission established under the Essential Services Commission Act 2001;
S. 3 def. of conduct provision inserted by No. 91/1997
s. 4(1), amended by No. 31/1998 s. 25(a)(iii), repealed by No. 32/2001 s. 6(d).
construction includes, in relation to a pipeline, the placing or testing of the pipeline;
customer means a person to whom a gas company transmits, distributes or supplies gas or provides goods or services;
S. 3 def. of director amended by No. 36/1997 s. 4(2), repealed by No. 2/2004 s. 3(b).
distribute, in relation to gas, means convey gas through distribution pipelines;
S. 3 def. of distribution pipeline amended by No. 96/1998 s. 257(3)(a), substituted by No. 32/2001 s. 6(e).
distribution pipeline has the same meaning as it has in the Gas Industry Act 2001;
S. 3 def. of domestic customer repealed by No. 91/1997
s. 4(2)(a).
S. 3 def. of domestic tariff amended by No. 36/1997 s. 6(1), repealed by No. 91/1997
s. 4(2)(a).
S. 3 def. of franchise customer inserted by No. 91/2000 s. 3.
franchise customer means a customer other than a non-franchise customer;
S. 3 def. of gas amended by No. 91/1997
s. 4(2)(b), substituted by No. 32/2001 s. 6(f).
gas has the same meaning as it has in the Gas Industry Act 2001;
S. 3 def. of gaseous fuel repealed by No. 73/2005 s. 4(Sch. 2 item 3.1).
GASCOR means the body established by Division 2 of Part 2;
S. 3 def. of gas company substituted by No. 91/1997
s. 4(2)(c), amended by No. 40/1998 s. 6(1)(a)(i)(ii).
gas company—
(a) except in Parts 2 and 7, means—
(i) GASCOR, VENCorp, a gas distribution company, a gas retailer or a gas transmission company; or
(ii) a company that holds all the shares in a gas distribution company, a gas retailer or a gas transmission company;
(b) in Part 2 means a statutory gas company;
(c) in Part 7 means GASCOR or a company all the shares in which are held by GASCOR;
S. 3 def. of gas corporation substituted by No. 91/1997
s. 4(2)(c), amended by No. 40/1998 s. 6(1)(b).
gas corporation means GASCOR or GFCV;
S. 3 def. of gas distribution company inserted by No. 91/1997
s. 4(1), substituted by No. 32/2001 s. 6(g).
gas distribution company has the same meaning as it has in the Gas Industry Act 2001;
S. 3 def. of gas distribution system inserted by No. 91/1997
s. 4(1), amended by No. 39/1999 s. 4(1), repealed by No. 32/2001 s. 6(h).
S. 3 def. of gas fitting repealed by No. 32/2001 s. 6(h).
S. 3 def. of gas incident inserted by No. 36/1997 s. 4(3), repealed by No. 99/1997 s. 119(1).
S. 3 def. of gas producer inserted by No. 91/1997
s. 4(1), repealed by No. 32/2001 s. 6(h).
S. 3 def. of gas retailer inserted by No. 91/1997
s. 4(1) substituted by No. 32/2001 s. 6(i).
gas retailer has the same meaning as it has in the Gas Industry Act 2001;
S. 3 def. of gas transmission company inserted by No. 91/1997
s. 4(1), substituted by No. 32/2001 s. 6(j).
gas transmission company has the same meaning as it has in the Gas Industry Act 2001;
S. 3 def. of gas transmission system inserted by No. 91/1997
s. 4(1), amended by No. 39/1999 s. 4(2), repealed by No. 32/2001 s. 6(k).
GFCV has the same meaning as Corporation has in the Gas and Fuel Corporation Act 1958;
GFCV instrument means an instrument (including a legislative instrument other than this Act and regulations under this Act and the Gas and Fuel Corporation Act 1958 and regulations under that Act) subsisting immediately before the appropriate relevant date—
(a) to which GFCV was a party; or
(b) that was given to or in favour of GFCV; or
(c) that refers to GFCV; or
(i) money is, or may become, payable to or by GFCV; or
(ii) other property is to be, or may become liable to be, transferred to or by GFCV;
GTC means Gas Transmission Corporation established by Division 1 of Part 2;
S. 3 def. of inspector inserted by No. 36/1997 s. 4(3), repealed by No. 99/1997 s. 119(1),
new def. of inspector inserted by No. 39/1999 s. 3, repealed by No. 32/2001 s. 6(l).
instrument includes a document and an oral agreement;
liabilities means all liabilities, duties and obligations, whether actual, contingent or prospective;
S. 3 def. of licence inserted by No. 91/1997
s. 4(1), repealed by No. 32/2001 s. 6(m).
S. 3 def. of licensee inserted by No. 91/1997
s. 4(1), repealed by No. 32/2001 s. 6(n).
S. 3 def. of market participant inserted by No. 91/1997
s. 4(1), amended by No. 39/1999 s. 4(3), repealed by No. 32/2001 s. 6(o).
S. 3 def. of meter repealed by No. 32/2001 s. 6(p).
S. 3 def. of MSO Rules inserted by No. 91/1997
s. 4(1), amended by Nos 91/1998 s. 4, 39/1999 s. 4(4), repealed by No. 32/2001 s. 6(q).
S. 3 def. of natural gas inserted by No. 91/1997
natural gas means a substance which is in a gaseous state at standard temperature and pressure and which consists of naturally occurring hydrocarbons, or a naturally occurring mixture of hydrocarbons and non-hydrocarbons, the principal constituent of which is methane;
S. 3 def. of non-franchise customer inserted by No. 91/1997
non-franchise customer, in relation to a supply of gas from a supply point, means non-franchise customer in relation to that supply point within the meaning of section 6B;
S. 3 def. of Office inserted by No. 36/1997 s. 4(3), repealed by No. 99/1997 s. 119(1).
operation, in relation to a pipeline, includes the maintenance, removal and alteration of the pipeline;
S. 3 def. of ORG inserted by No. 91/1997
s. 4(1), repealed by No. 62/2001 s. 81(b).
S. 3 def. of pipeline substituted by No. 32/2001 s. 6(r).
pipeline has the same meaning as it has in the Gas Industry Act 2001;
S. 3 def. of Port Campbell facility inserted by No. 40/1998 s. 4, repealed by No. 32/2001 s. 6(s).
property means any legal or equitable estate or interest (whether present or future and whether vested or contingent) in real or personal property of any description;
S. 3 def. of public gas company inserted by No. 91/1997
public gas company means a gas company—
(a) that is a statutory authority or a company all the shares in which are held by or on behalf of the State or a statutory authority; or
(b) all the shares in which are held by a company all the shares in which are held by or on behalf of the State or a statutory authority;
S. 3 def. of Regulator inserted by No. 91/1997
s. 4(1) repealed by No. 32/2001 s. 6(t).
S. 3 def. of regulatory provision inserted by No. 91/1997
s. 4(1), amended by No. 31/1998 s. 25(a)(iv), repealed by No. 32/2001 s. 6(u).
rights means all rights, powers, privileges and immunities, whether actual, contingent or prospective;
S. 3 def. of service provider inserted by No. 91/1997
s. 4(1), repealed by No. 32/2001 s. 6(v).
S. 3 def. of significant producer inserted by No. 40/1998
s. 4, repealed by No. 32/2001 s. 6(w).
S. 3 def. of statutory gas company inserted by No. 91/1997
s. 4(1), amended by Nos 40/1998 s. 6(1)(c), 32/2001 s. 6(x).
statutory gas company means GASCOR;
S. 3 def. of supply point inserted by No. 91/1997
supply point means supply point within the meaning of section 6C;
S. 3 def. of transmission pipeline amended by Nos 91/1997
s. 4(2)(d)(e), 96/1998 s. 257(3)(b), substituted by No. 32/2001 s. 6(y).
transmission pipeline has the same meaning as it has in the Gas Industry Act 2001;
transmit means convey gas through a transmission pipeline;
S. 3 def. of underground storage facility inserted by No. 40/1998
s. 4, repealed by No. 32/2001 s. 6(z).
S. 3 def. of VENCorp inserted by No. 91/1997
s. 4(1), amended by No. 32/2001 s. 6(za).
VENCorp means the Victorian Energy Networks Corporation continued under Part 8 of the Gas Industry Act 2001;
S. 3 def. of Victorian gas market inserted by No. 40/1998
s. 4, repealed by No. 32/2001 s. 6(zb).
S. 4
amended by No. 91/1997
s. 4(3), repealed by No. 32/2001 s. 7(1).
S. 5
amended by Nos 91/1997
s. 4(4), 39/1999 ss 4(5)–(7), 5, repealed by No. 32/2001 s. 7(1).
S. 5A
s. 5, repealed by No. 32/2001 s. 7(1).
S. 5B
s. 5, amended by Nos 91/1998 s. 5, 39/1999 s. 6, repealed by No. 32/2001 s. 7(1).
S. 5C
inserted by No. 40/1998
s. 5, amended by No. 91/1998 s. 6, repealed by No. 32/2001 s. 7(1).
S. 5D
inserted by No. 40/1998
s. 5, repealed by No. 32/2001 s. 7(1).
S. 6
amended by Nos 91/1997
s. 6, 44/2001 s. 3(Sch. item 56.1), repealed by No. 73/2005 s. 4(Sch. 2 item 3.2).
S. 6A
s. 7, amended by No. 32/2001 s. 7(2), repealed by No. 73/2005 s. 4(Sch. 2 item 3.2).