Victorian Numbered Acts

MAJOR TRANSPORT PROJECTS FACILITATION ACT 2009 (NO. 56 OF 2009) - SECT 208

In this Part—

"approved utility agreement" means a utility agreement that is taken to arise by operation of section 226(4);

"dispute "means a dispute arising from an attempt to negotiate a utility agreement;

"expert "means a person appointed under an instrument of appointment under section 219 or 220;

"model utility agreement guidelines" means guidelines prepared under section 231;

"negotiation period" means the period of time specified in section 214;

"notification period" means the period commencing on the day a notice under section 211 is given to a utility and ending 30 business days after that day;

"notified utility infrastructure" means utility infrastructure in relation to which a project authority has been given the information required under a notice under section 211 by the utility that owns, operates or controls the utility infrastructure;

"parties" means a project authority that has complied with section 211 and a utility that has complied with a notice under section 212;

unnotified utility infrastructure has the meaning given by section 209;

utility agreement has the meaning given by section 210 ;

"Utility Minister" in relation to a utility, means the Minister for the time being administering the Act—

        (a)     under which the utility is authorised to provide a service by means of utility infrastructure; or

        (b)     that regulates the provision by the utility of a service by means of utility infrastructure.