3Definitions

3 Definitions

3 Definitions

(1) Words and expressions used in this Act have the same meanings as they have in the State Owned Corporations Act 1989.

(2) In this Act—

area of operations means the area of operations referred to in Part 4.

availability charge means a charge of a kind referred to in section 64.

business undertaking means all assets, rights and liabilities of Sydney Water Corporation Limited, but does not include any excluded undertaking.

contract charge means any fee or charge payable under a customer contract.

controlled area means an area of land declared by an order in force under section 88 to be a controlled area.

Corporation means Sydney Water Corporation.

customer contract means a contract of a kind referred to in section 55 (1).

excluded undertaking means any assets, rights or liabilities of Sydney Water Corporation Limited that the Minister has directed to be excluded under section 8.

exercise of a function includes the performance of a duty.

function includes a power, authority or duty.

instrument means an instrument (other than this Act) that creates, modifies or extinguishes rights or liabilities (or would do so if lodged, filed or registered in accordance with any law), and includes any judgment, order or process of a court.

lease includes a licence or permit.

meter includes any measuring device.

Ministerial Holding Corporation means the Ministerial Holding Corporation constituted by section 37B of the State Owned Corporations Act 1989.

operating licence means an operating licence granted under section 12 or any renewal of it.

operational audit means an operational audit of the Corporation that is required to be prepared under the operating licence.

owner, in relation to land, includes every person who jointly or severally at law or in equity—

(a) is entitled to the land for an estate of freehold in possession, or

(b) is a person to whom the Crown has contracted to sell the land under the Crown Land Management Act 2016 or any other Act relating to alienation of land of the Crown, or

(c) is entitled to receive, or receives, or if the land were let to a tenant would receive, the rents and profits of the land, whether as beneficial owner, trustee, mortgagee in possession or otherwise,