Definitions
2 Definitions
In this Act unless inconsistent with the context or subject-matter—
officer of an organization includes any person holding any office position place of authority or stewardship in or carrying out any duties for an organization under its rules or for its members or any section thereof (whether for remuneration or otherwise) and includes any person holding himself out as an officer of any organization;
organization means any body whether corporate or unincorporate and includes any branch sub-branch section or part of such an organization;
relevant responsible body in relation to a vital State project means the Minister person or body corporate or unincorporate which is declared by the Governor in Council under subsection (3) to be the responsible body in relation to that vital State project;
S. 2(1) def. of Victorian Electoral Commission inserted by No. 23/2002 s. 204(1).
Victorian Electoral Commission means the Victorian Electoral Commission established under section 6 of the Electoral Act 2002;
vital State project means any work or undertaking or proposed work or undertaking—
which has been specifically authorized or approved by an Act of Parliament and declared by the Governor in Council to be a vital State project; or
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which is declared by a resolution of each House of the Parliament to be a vital State project.
In this Act a reference to a boycott of or in relation to a vital State project means any act or omission which is calculated or intended to hinder or obstruct the vital State project and includes any ban or any other limitation on the performance of work or any other form of intimidation or coercion and any threatened ban, limitation or other form of intimidation or coercion.
The Governor in Council may by Order in Council published in the Government Gazette—
declare any work or undertaking or proposed work or undertaking which has been specifically authorized or approved by an Act of the Parliament to be a vital State project; and
declare any Minister person or body corporate or unincorporate to be the responsible body in relation to a vital State project specified in the Order.
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