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In this Part—

critical infrastructure means any infrastructure which is—

(a)

assessed by the relevant Minister to be significant critical infrastructure or major critical infrastructure; or

(b)

designated by the Governor in Council to be vital critical infrastructure;

criticality assessment methodology means the methodology prescribed in any regulations or specified in any guidelines;

essential service has the meaning given by section 74C;

exercise means an exercise required by section 74Q;

guidelines means guidelines issued under section 74W;

Industry Accountable Officer means a person nominated under section 74I;

infrastructure means—

(a)

any premises, asset, good or system used for the purpose of the generation, production, extraction, storage, transmission, distribution or operation of an essential service; and

(b)

any communication system used for the delivery of an essential service, including any system used to generate, send, receive, store or otherwise process any electronic communication for the purpose of an essential service;

major critical infrastructure means any infrastructure assessed by the relevant Minister to be infrastructure the disruption of which could adversely impact—

(a)

the continuity of the supply of an essential service to more than one region of Victoria; or

(b)

the economic or social well-being of more than one region of Victoria;

Order means an Order of the Governor in Council;

premises includes—

(a)

land; and

(b)

a building or vehicle; and

(c)

a part of a building or vehicle; and

(d)

any place, whether built on or not;

region means an area of Victoria specified in the guidelines;

relevant Department means the Department responsible for providing support to the relevant Minister in respect of the relevant infrastructure;

relevant Minister means the Minister designated as the relevant Minister under section 74F;

resilience improvement cycle means the period of 12 months commencing when a statement of assurance is submitted to the relevant Minister;

responsible entity means the person designated as the responsible entity under section 74H;

significant critical infrastructure means any infrastructure assessed by the relevant Minister to be infrastructure the disruption of which could adversely impact—

(a)

the continuity of the supply of an essential service to one region of Victoria; or

(b)

the economic or social well-being of one region of Victoria;

statement of assurance means a statement submitted under section 74N;

Victorian Critical Infrastructure Register means the register established and maintained under section 74J;

vital critical infrastructure means any infrastructure—

(a)

assessed by the relevant Minister to be infrastructure the disruption of which could adversely impact—

(i)

the continuity of the supply of an essential service to Victoria; or

(ii)

the economic or social well-being of Victoria; and

(b)

designated as vital critical infrastructure under section 74E.

S. 74C inserted by No. 76/2014 s. 3 (as amended by No. 20/2015 s. 12).

Regulations

This provision refers to the regulations (any regulations). Made under this Act:

Emergency Management (Critical Infrastructure Resilience) Regulations 2025 · under sections 76 and 76A

This Act’s bill:Explanatory memorandum Second reading speech

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