Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts In this Act, unless
the contrary intention appears —
Authority means the Economic Regulation Authority
established by section 4(1);
chairman means the person appointed under
section 6(1)(a) and includes an alternate chairman appointed under
section 10;
chief employee means the chief employee of the
Authority under section 14;
functions , in relation to the Authority, means
its functions under this Act or any other written law;
governing body means the governing body of the
Authority referred to in section 6;
member means a member of the governing body and
includes an alternate member appointed under section 11;
price means any charge, fee, rate, tariff, or
other valuable consideration (however described), but does not
include —
(a) any
local government rate or charge; or
(b) any
land tax, pay-roll tax, or other duty or tax payable under a written law;
public sector employee means an employee as
defined in section 3(1) of the Public Sector Management Act 1994 ;
regulated industry means —
(a) the
electricity industry;
(b) the
gas industry;
(c) the
rail industry;
(d) the
water industry; or
(e) any
other industry prescribed for the purposes of this definition;
staff member means —
(a) the
chief employee;
(b) a
public service officer referred to in section 19;
(c) an
officer or employee referred to in section 20(1); or
(d) a
person engaged or appointed under section 100 of the Public Sector
Management Act 1994 for the purposes of the Authority.
[Section 3 amended by No. 12 of 2008 s. 52.]