This legislation has been repealed.
- As at 20 January 2013 - Act 97 of 2008 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Long Title PART 1 - PRELIMINARY 1. Name of Act 2. Commencement 3. Objects 4. Interpretation 5. Railways to which this Act does not apply 6. Management of risks 6A. What is "reasonably practicable" in ensuring safety 7. Rail safety work PART 2 - GENERAL RAIL SAFETY Division 1 - Duties to ensure public safety of railway operations 8. Duties of rail transport operators and other persons carrying out railway operations 9. Duties of designers, manufacturers, suppliers etc 10. Duties of rail safety workers 11. (Repealed) Division 2 - Safety management of railway operations 12. Safety management system 13. Implementation of and compliance with safety management system 14. Review of safety management system 15. Safety performance reports 16. Security management plan 17. Emergency management plan 18. Health and fitness management program 19. Drug and alcohol management program 20. Fatigue management 21. Competence of rail safety workers 22. Identification for rail safety workers 23. Other persons to comply with safety management system 24. ITSRR may direct amendment of a safety management system Division 3 - Interface co-ordination 25. Interpretation 26. Interface co-ordination--rail transport operators 27. Interface co-ordination--rail infrastructure manager--public roads 28. Interface co-ordination--rail infrastructure manager--roads other than public roads 29. Interface co-ordination--obligations of roads authorities 30. Assessment of risks 31. Scope of interface agreements 32. Interface arrangements may be directed to be made 33. Register of interface agreements PART 3 - ACCREDITATION OF RAIL TRANSPORT OPERATORS Division 1 - Requirement for accreditation 34. Purpose of accreditation 35. Accreditation required for railway operations 36. Purpose for which accreditation may be granted 37. Accreditation offences Division 2 - Applications for accreditation 38. Application for accreditation 39. What applicant for accreditation must demonstrate 40. ITSRR may direct applicants to co-ordinate and co-operate in applications 41. Co-ordination between ITSRR and other Rail Safety Regulators 42. Determination of application 43. Prescribed conditions and restrictions 44. Accreditation cannot be transferred or assigned 45. Sale or transfer of railway operations by accredited person Division 3 - Accreditation fees and inspection of documents 46. Annual accreditation fees 47. Differential accreditation fees 48. Payment of annual fees 49. Late payment fees 50. Waiver of fees 51. Keeping and making available documents for public inspection Division 4 - Surrender, revocation and variation of accreditation 52. Surrender of accreditation 53. Suspension or revocation of accreditation 54. Immediate suspension of accreditation 55. Application for variation of accreditation 56. Determination of application for variation of accreditation 57. Variation of conditions and restrictions 58. ITSRR may make changes to conditions or restrictions 59. Prescribed conditions and restrictions Division 5 - Private sidings 60. Exemption from accreditation PART 4 - SAFETY REPORTS AND INVESTIGATIONS Division 1 - Safety reports 61. Rail transport operators to provide information 62. Industry safety reports 63. Notifiable occurrences 64. Confidential reporting of safety information by rail safety workers Division 2 - Investigations of accidents and incidents 65. Investigation into railway accidents and incidents by rail transport operators 66. Information may not be used in certain proceedings 67. Investigations by Chief Investigator 68. Chief Investigator and transport safety investigator's functions 69. Rail safety inquiries 70. Chief Investigator may request rail safety inquiry 71. Assessors 72. Witnesses and evidence at rail safety inquiries 73. Report on rail safety inquiry 74. Tabling of reports Division 3 - Disclosure of train safety records 75. Definitions 76. Disclosure of train safety record to Commonwealth or Commonwealth authority 77. Disclosure of train safety records (other than train safety recordings) to a court or person 78. Disclosure of train safety recordings 79. Evidence of train safety recordings in criminal proceedings 80. Evidence of train safety recordings in civil proceedings 81. Examination by a court of train safety recording 82. Compliance with subpoenas and other directions 83. Admissibility of other evidence and liability Division 4 - Audit by ITSRR 84. Audit of railway operations of rail transport operators PART 5 - INVESTIGATION POWERS Division 1 - Powers of entry 85. Power to enter places 86. Limitation on entry powers--places used for residential purposes 87. Notice of entry Division 2 - General enforcement powers of rail safety officers 88. General powers after entering a place 89. Powers of rail safety officers in relation to relevant documents 90. Use of assistants and equipment 91. Use of electronic equipment 92. Use of equipment to examine or process things 93. Securing a site Division 3 - Search warrants 94. Search warrants Division 4 - Powers to support seizure 95. Directions relating to seizure 96. Receipt for seized things 97. Access to seized thing 98. Embargo notices Division 5 - Dealings with seized items 99. Return of seized things 100. Forfeiture of sample or thing 101. Dealing with forfeited sample or thing 102. Application of Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002 Division 6 - Directions 103. Rail safety officers may direct certain persons to give assistance 104. Power to direct name and address be given 105. Failure to give name or address 106. Power to obtain information, documents and evidence 107. Failure to comply with notice Division 7 - Miscellaneous 108. Directions may be given under more than one provision 109. Temporary closure of railway crossings 110. Restoring rail infrastructure and rolling stock etc to original condition after action taken 111. Use of force PART 6 - IMPROVEMENT AND PROHIBITION NOTICES Division 1 - Improvement notices 112. Improvement notices 113. Contravention of improvement notice 114. Withdrawal or amendment of improvement notices 115. Proceedings for offences not affected by improvement notices 116. ITSRR to arrange for rail safety work required by improvement notice to be carried out Division 2 - Prohibition notices 117. Prohibition notice 118. Contravention of prohibition notice 119. Oral direction before prohibition notice served 120. Withdrawal or amendment of prohibition notice 121. Proceedings for offences not affected by prohibition notices Division 3 - General provisions relating to notices 122. Review of notices by ITSRR 123. Appeal to Industrial Magistrate following review 124. Application to Industrial Magistrate for stay of prohibition notice 125. Revocation or withdrawal of notice does not prevent issue of another notice PART 7 - OFFENCES, PENALTIES AND OTHER SANCTIONS Division 1 - Offences 126. Obstructing or hindering rail safety officers 127. Offence to impersonate rail safety officer 128. Offences involving accreditation 129. Notice to be given of certain matters 130. Tampering with railway equipment 131. (Repealed) Division 2 - Proceedings for offences 132. Proceedings for offences 133. Period within which proceedings for offences may be commenced 134. Authority to take proceedings 135. Multiple contraventions of general duties 136. Duty of officers 137. Continuing offences 138. Proceedings against the Crown and public authorities 139. Penalty notices Division 3 - Enforceable voluntary undertakings 140. ITSRR may accept undertakings 141. Enforcement of undertakings Division 4 - Court-based sanctions 142. Commercial benefits order 143. Supervisory intervention order 144. Contravention of supervisory intervention order 145. Exclusion orders 146. Contravention of exclusion order PART 8 - ADMINISTRATION 147. Delegation by Minister 148. Appointment of rail safety officers 149. Reciprocal powers of rail safety officers 150. Identification cards for rail safety officers 151. Rail safety officer must not exercise functions without identification card 152. Display and production of identification card 153. Return of identification cards 154. ITSRR may exercise functions of rail safety officers PART 9 - MISCELLANEOUS 155. Act to bind Crown 156. Exchange of information 157. Reviewable decisions 158. Review by ITSRR and ADT 159. Protection from incrimination 160. Records and evidence from records 161. Certificate evidence 162. Disclosure of information 163. Civil liability not affected by Part 2 164. Exclusion of personal liability 165. Exclusion of liability of the State 166. Immunity for reporting unfit rail safety worker 167. Approval of compliance codes and guidelines 168. Use of compliance codes 169. Effect of compliance code 170. Recovery of certain costs 171. Recovery of amounts due 172. Contracting out prohibited 173. Service of documents 174. Regulations 175. Application of work health and safety legislation 176. Repeal 177. Savings, transitional and other provisions 178. (Repealed) 179. Review of Act SCHEDULE 1 SCHEDULE 2 SCHEDULE 3 Schedule 4 (Repealed)