amending agreement means an agreement made under section 53(1);
authorised person means a person authorised under section 57;
Board means the board of directors of the North East Link State Tolling Corporation;
business day means a day that is not—
(a) a Saturday or a Sunday; or
(b) a day that is appointed as a public holiday or public half-holiday throughout the whole of Victoria under the Public Holidays Act 1993;
Chief Commissioner of Police means the Chief Commissioner within the meaning of the Victoria Police Act 2013;
Children's Court registrar means a registrar within the meaning of Schedule 3 to the Children, Youth and Families Act 2005;
corporate plan means an annual plan that includes—
(a) challenges, priorities and strategies; and
(b) performance measures; and
(c) major initiatives and projects;
corresponding body has the same meaning as in section 84BB of the Road Safety Act 1986;
corresponding law has the same meaning as in section 84BB of the Road Safety Act 1986;
Council has the same meaning as in the Local Government Act 1989;
Department Head has the same meaning as in the Public Administration Act 2004;
S. 3 def. of Director, Fines Victoria inserted by No. 17/2022 s. 104(a).
Director, Fines Victoria has the same meaning as Director has in section 3 of the Fines Reform Act 2014;
effective, in relation to an illegal user statement, a known user statement or a sold vehicle statement, means a statement that is accepted by an authorised person under section 63 as an effective statement and that has not ceased to be an effective statement for the purposes of section 64;
enforcement agency means—
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(a) the Chief Commissioner of Police; or
(b) a prescribed person;
enforcement officer means—
(a) in the case of an infringement notice for an offence against section 99(1)
or (3), a person authorised by the Minister under section 111(2); and
(b) in any other case, a person authorised by an enforcement agency under section 81;
extension of time means an extension of time granted under section 90;
Head, Transport for Victoria has the same meaning as in section 3 of the Transport Integration Act 2010;
illegal user statement, in relation to the use of a vehicle or trailer, means a statement in writing made by a person with respect to the vehicle or trailer to the effect that the person believes that at the relevant time the vehicle or trailer was a stolen vehicle or trailer or that the number plates displayed on the vehicle or trailer were stolen;
infringement notice has the same meaning as in the Infringements Act 2006;
infringement penalty has the same meaning as in the Infringements Act 2006;
known user statement, in relation to the use of a vehicle or trailer, means a statement in writing made by a person—
(a) to the effect that the person was not driving at the relevant time, or did not at that time have possession or control of, the vehicle or trailer or the vehicle to which the trailer was attached; and
(b) containing sufficient information to identify and locate the person who the person making the statement last knew to have, before the relevant time, possession or control of the vehicle or trailer or the vehicle to which the trailer was attached;
S. 3 def. of Magistrates' Court registrar repealed by No. 17/2022 s. 104(b).
minimum debt recovery requirements means the requirements specified by the Minister under section 68(1);
nomination rejection statement means a statement in writing made by a person nominated in a known user statement, a sold vehicle statement or a tolling nomination statement as being the responsible person in respect of a vehicle or trailer to the effect that if nominated—
(a) in a known user statement, the person had not had possession or control of the vehicle or trailer at the relevant time, as stated in the known user statement; or
(b) in a sold vehicle statement, the vehicle or trailer had not been sold or disposed of to the person, and that no interest in it had otherwise vested in the person, as stated in the sold vehicle statement; or
(c) in a tolling nomination statement, that the person was not the responsible person in relation to the vehicle or trailer at the time of the tolling offence as stated in the tolling nomination statement;
North East Link operation and maintenance agreement means an agreement entered into by the North East Link State Tolling Corporation relating to, among other things, the operation and maintenance of all or part of the North East Link road;
North East Link operator means a person who is designated as the North East Link operator under a North East Link operation and maintenance agreement;
North East Link Project means the North East Link Project declared under section 10 of the Major Transport Projects Facilitation Act 2009;
North East Link Project area means the area of land designated as the project area under section 95 of the Major Transport Projects Facilitation Act 2009 and published in the Government Gazette as varied from time to time under section 96 of that Act;
North East Link road means the road designated as the North East Link road under section 5(1);
North East Link State Tolling Corporation means the body established by section 8;
North East Link tolling agreement means an agreement between the State and the relevant North East Link Tolling Corporation that provides for the fixing and collection of tolls for the use of the North East Link road or a part of the North East Link road and toll administration fees;
North East Link tollway means those parts of the North East Link road that are in a toll zone;
ongoing registration agreement means an agreement made in accordance with section 72;
operator, in relation to a vehicle or trailer at the time the vehicle or trailer was driven in a toll zone, means each of the following—
(a) the registered operator of the vehicle or trailer at that time or the person recorded at that time on a register of vehicles maintained under a corresponding law as the person responsible for the vehicle or trailer;
(b) if the Secretary under the regulations under the Road Safety Act 1986, or a corresponding body under a corresponding law, has received notice of transfer of registration of the vehicle or trailer, the person whose name is disclosed in the records kept by the Secretary or the corresponding body (as the case requires) as being responsible for the vehicle or trailer at that time;
(c) if the vehicle or trailer is not registered under the Road Safety Act 1986 or a corresponding law, the person whose name is disclosed in the records kept by the Secretary or the corresponding body as being responsible for the vehicle or trailer at that time;
(d) if the vehicle or trailer displays a number plate—
(i) the person who, at the time at which the registration number borne by that number plate was last assigned by the Secretary or a corresponding body, was the registered operator of, or (if assigned by a corresponding body) the person recorded on a register of vehicles or trailers maintained under the corresponding law as the person responsible for, the vehicle or trailer to which that registration number was assigned, whether or not that vehicle or trailer is the same as the vehicle or trailer involved in the offence; or
(ii) the person whose name is disclosed in the records kept by the Secretary or a corresponding body as being entitled, or last entitled, at that time to use or possess that number plate;
(e) if the vehicle or trailer displays a general identification mark by means of a special identification plate issued by the Secretary under the regulations under the Road Safety Act 1986 or by a corresponding body under a corresponding law, the person to whom the mark is assigned at that time;
penalty reminder notice fee has the same meaning as in the Infringements Act 2006;
public authority means any body (including any trust) established by or under an Act for a public purpose, other than a Council;
public entity has the same meaning as in the Public Administration Act 2004;
registered operator has the same meaning as in section 3(1) of the Road Safety Act 1986;
registration means registration under Part 4;
relevant agency means—
(a) the relevant North East Link Tolling Corporation; or
(b) an enforcement agency;
relevant North East Link Tolling Corporation—see section 56;
responsible person, in relation to a vehicle or trailer, means—
(a) the operator of the vehicle or the trailer; or
(b) the person nominated as the responsible person in relation to the vehicle or trailer in an effective known user statement or an effective sold vehicle statement;
S. 3 def. of Secretary amended by No. 25/2025 s. 106(Sch. 1 item 30.1).
Secretary means the Secretary to the Department of Transport and Planning;
sold vehicle statement, in relation to the use of a vehicle or trailer, means a statement in writing made by a person—
(a) to the effect that—
(i) the person had sold or otherwise disposed of the vehicle or trailer before the relevant time or that any interest in the vehicle or trailer had otherwise ceased to be vested in the person before that time; and
(ii) the person was not at that time driving, or had not at that time possession or control of, the vehicle or trailer; and
(b) containing sufficient information to identify and locate the person to whom the vehicle or trailer was sold or disposed of, or in whom an interest in the vehicle or trailer was otherwise vested, and the date and, if relevant, the time of sale, disposal or vesting;
special circumstances has the same meaning as in the Infringements Act 2006;
temporary registration means the registration of a vehicle in accordance with section 73;
toll means a toll fixed under Division 2 of Part 4;
toll administration fee means a fee fixed under Division 2 of Part 4;
toll zone means a zone specified under section 59(1)(a);
tolling device means any system, equipment or thing prescribed as a device for the purposes of Part 4;
tolling nomination statement means a tolling nomination statement made by an authorised tolling person under Part 6AA of the Road Safety Act 1986;
tollway billing arrangement means an agreement or arrangement between a person and a tollway operator (or an agent of a tollway operator) relating to the payment of tolls for the use of a vehicle on a tollway;
tollway operator means a person who—
(a) operates a tollway, other than the North East Link tollway, under a law of this State, or another State or of a Territory, or under an agreement between that person and the State or another State or Territory; and
(b) is empowered or entitled, under that law or agreement, to levy or impose a toll or charge for the use of the tollway;
trailer has the same meaning as in the Road Safety Act 1986;
trip means the driving of a vehicle on the North East Link tollway in one toll zone or more than one toll zone and uninterrupted by exit from the road on which the zone is or zones are and subsequent re-entry to that road;
vehicle has the same meaning as motor vehicle has in the Road Safety Act 1986.