Victorian Numbered Acts

SMALL BUSINESS COMMISSION ACT 2017 (NO. 16 OF 2017) - SECT 3

In this Act—

"alternative dispute resolution" includes mediation and preliminary assistance;

"Commission" means the Small Business Commission established by section 4;

"Commissioner" means the Small Business Commissioner appointed under section 18;

"Council" has the same meaning as in the Local Government Act 1989 ;

"dispute" means a contractual or commercial dispute between a small business and one or more of the following—

        (a)     another business;

        (b)     a public entity;

        (c)     a public service body;

        (d)     a Council;

        (e)     a non-profit organisation;

        (f)     a school, RTO, TAFE institute or university;

        (g)     a special body, other than—

              (i)     the IBAC within the meaning of the Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission Act 2011 ;

              (ii)     the office of the Ombudsman;

              (iii)     the office of the Freedom of Information Commissioner;

              (iv)     the Mental Health Tribunal;

              (v)     the Victorian Auditor-General's office;

        (vi)         VCAT;

              (vii)     the Victorian Inspectorate within the meaning of the Victorian Inspectorate Act 2011 ;

        (h)     a professional association;

              (i)     a peak business, industry or trade body;

"non-profit organisation" means an organisation having as its whole or dominant purpose a charitable, benevolent, philanthropic or patriotic purpose but does not include a school, an educational institution, an educational company or an instrumentality of the State;

"public entity" has the same meaning as in the Public Administration Act 2004 ;

"public service body" has the same meaning as in the Public Administration Act 2004 ;

"RTO" has the same meaning as in the Education and Training Reform Act 2006 ;

"school "has the same meaning as in the Education and Training Reform Act 2006 ;

"Secretary" means the Secretary to the Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources;

"special body" has the same meaning as in the Public Administration Act 2004 ;

"TAFE institute" has the same meaning as in the Education and Training Reform Act 2006 ;

"university" has the same meaning as in the Education and Training Reform Act 2006 .

Part 2—Small Business Commission

Division 1—Small Business Commission