153Definitions

153 Definitions (1) In this Part— ***port authority instrument***, in relation to a port authority, means an instrument (including a legislative instrument other than this Act and regulations under this Act and a Port Act and regulations under a Port Act) subsisting immediately before the port authority abolition date— (a) to which the port authority was a party; or (b) that was given to or in favour of the port authority; or (c) that refers to the port authority; or (i) money is, or may become, payable to or by the port authority; or (ii) other property is to be, or may become liable to be, transferred to or by the port authority— but does not include a former port authority instrument within the meaning of Part 8. (2) The Governor in Council may, by Order published in the Government Gazette, fix the port authority abolition date for the purposes of a port authority. S. 153(3) inserted by No. 11/2024 s. 106. (3) On and from the commencement of section 8 of the **State Electricity Commission Amendment Act 2024**, a reference to the SEC in this Part is a reference to the State Electricity Commission of Victoria in existence immediately before the commencement of that section. S. 154 substituted by No. 63/1997