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TRANSPORT ADMINISTRATION ACT 1988 - SECT 3
Definitions
3 Definitions
(1) In this Act--
"access purchaser" means a person who has contracted with a
rail infrastructure owner in respect of the operation of rolling stock.
"activation" , of a public space, means the carrying out of works or
activities to enhance the functionality of, or the conduct of human activity
or operations within, the space, including works or activities to promote the
following-- (a) the quality, amenity, vibrancy, accessibility, built form,
infrastructure and perceptions of safety of the space,
(b) the resilience of
individuals, communities, institutions, businesses and systems in relation to
the space,
(c) the use of technology, and the collection and use of data, in
and about the space,
(d) events in and about the space.
"active transport" means the movement of people, or people and goods, by the
following-- (a) one or more modes of transport, powered or partially powered
by human activity, including by the following modes-- (i) walking,
(ii)
running,
(iii) cycling,
(iv) scootering,
(v) skating,
(vi) the use of a
manual wheelchair,
(b) the use of a micromobility device, Example--: an
e-scooter
(c) the use of a motorised mobility device. Example--: a motorised
wheelchair or a mobility scooter
"Advisory Board" means the Transport Advisory Board established under Part 5.
"ARTC" means the Australian Rail Track Corporation Ltd (ACN 081 455 754).
"ARTC arrangement" means a lease, licence, agreement or other arrangement
under Part 8A.
"ARTC lease or licence" means a lease or licence under Part 8A.
"board" of TAHE, means the board of directors of TAHE.
"bus service" includes any road transport service for the carriage of
passengers (except a railway service).
"Chief Investigator" means the Chief Investigator of the Office of Transport
Safety Investigations appointed under section 45.
"country rail area" means that part of the NSW rail network not within the
metropolitan rail area.
"ferry service" means any ferry service for the carriage of passengers.
"Independent Transport Safety Advisory Board" means the
Independent Transport Safety Advisory Board established under this Act.
"light rail services" --see section 104M.
"light rail system" --see section 104N.
"listed functions" of TAHE--see section 11 (1).
"metro" means a mass transit infrastructure system, and associated facilities,
that-- (a) provides high-frequency, high-capacity passenger services, and
(b)
is operated using automated or partly-automated systems from one or more
central control points.
"metro assets" means assets (including transport infrastructure, transport
vehicles and rolling stock) used for or in connection with or to facilitate
the movement of persons by means of a metro.
"metro passenger service" means a passenger service provided by a metro.
"metropolitan rail area" --see section 3A.
"mode shift" , in relation to transport, means a change from the use of one
mode of transport to another mode of transport.
"National Heavy Vehicle Regulator" means the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator
established under the Heavy Vehicle National Law (NSW) , section 656.
"National Rail Safety Regulator" means the Office of the
National Rail Safety Regulator established under the Rail Safety National Law
(NSW) .
"Newcastle ferry services" means ferry services provided in Newcastle Harbour.
"NSW rail access undertaking" means-- (a) if an undertaking referred to in
section 99C is in force under the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 of the
Commonwealth, that undertaking, or
(b) in any other case, an access
undertaking in force under Schedule 6AA.
"NSW rail network" means the railway lines vested in or owned by or managed or
controlled by a rail infrastructure owner (including passing loops and
turnouts from those lines and loops and associated
rail infrastructure facilities that are so vested or owned or managed or
controlled), but does not include any part of a metro.
"NSW Trains" means NSW Trains constituted under this Act.
"public space" means a space that is open to the public, or is used by the
public, for no payment of money or other consideration. Note--: Public spaces
may include public open spaces, public facilities and streets.
"public transport agency" means TfNSW, the State Transit Authority,
Sydney Ferries, Sydney Metro, NSW Trains, Sydney Trains and their public or
private subsidiary corporations.
"rail infrastructure facilities" -- (a) includes railway track, associated
track structures, over track structures, cuttings, drainage works, track
support earthworks and fences, tunnels, bridges, level crossings, service
roads, signalling systems, train control systems, communication systems,
overhead power supply systems, power and communication cables, and associated
works, buildings, plant, machinery and equipment, but
(b) does not include
any stations, platforms, rolling stock, rolling stock maintenance facilities,
office buildings or housing, freight centres or depots, private sidings or
spur lines connected to premises not vested in or owned by or managed or
controlled by a rail infrastructure owner.
"rail infrastructure owner" means-- (a) in the case of any
rail infrastructure facilities that are managed or controlled by TfNSW for the
purposes of exercising its functions under this Act, TfNSW, or
(a1) in the
case of any rail infrastructure facilities that are managed or controlled by
NSW Trains for the purposes of exercising its functions under this Act,
NSW Trains, or
(a2) in the case of any rail infrastructure facilities that
are managed or controlled by Sydney Trains for the purposes of exercising its
functions under this Act, Sydney Trains, or
(a3) in the case of any
rail infrastructure facilities owned by TAHE or vested in TAHE by or under
this or any other Act, TAHE, or
(a4) in the case of any
rail infrastructure facilities that are managed or controlled by Sydney Metro
for the purposes of exercising its functions under this Act, Sydney Metro, or
(b) in the case of any rail infrastructure facilities that are subject to an
ARTC lease or licence or are installed, established or replaced by ARTC in or
on land subject to an ARTC lease or licence, ARTC, or
(c) in any other case,
the person in whom ownership of rail infrastructure facilities is vested by or
under this Act.
"rail operator" means a person who is responsible for the operation or moving,
by any means, of any rolling stock on a railway track.
"railway service" means a railway passenger service and a
metro passenger service.
"Residual Transport Corporation" or
"RTC" means Residual Transport Corporation of New South Wales constituted
under this Act.
"rolling stock" means any vehicle that operates on or uses a railway track,
but does not include a vehicle designed to operate both on and off a railway
track or tracks when the vehicle is not operating on a railway track or
tracks.
"SOC Act" means the State Owned Corporations Act 1989 .
"SOC conversion day" means the date of commencement of Schedule 2.1[6] to the
Transport Administration Amendment (Transport Entities) Act 2017 .
"State Rail Authority Residual Holding Corporation" (or
"SRA Residual Holding Corporation" ) means the
State Rail Authority Residual Holding Corporation constituted under this Act.
"State Transit Authority" means the State Transit Authority of New South Wales
constituted under this Act.
"Sydney Ferries" means Sydney Ferries constituted under this Act.
"Sydney ferry services" means ferry services provided in Sydney Harbour or the
Parramatta River.
"Sydney Metro" means Sydney Metro constituted under this Act.
"Sydney Metro Board" means the board of directors of Sydney Metro.
"Sydney Trains" means Sydney Trains constituted under this Act.
"TAHE" means Transport Asset Holding Entity of New South Wales constituted
under Part 2.
"transport assets" means assets used for or in connection with or to
facilitate the movement of persons and freight by road, rail, sea, air or
other mode of transport, and includes transport infrastructure.
"transport district" means a transport district for the time being established
under section 108.
"Transport for NSW" (or
"TfNSW" ) means Transport for NSW constituted under this Act.
"transport infrastructure" means infrastructure used for or in connection with
or to facilitate the movement of persons and freight by road, rail, sea, air
or other mode of transport, and includes-- (a) railways and railway
infrastructure, and
(b) roads and road infrastructure, and
(c) maritime
infrastructure and ports, and
(d) transport safety infrastructure, and
(e)
systems, works, structures, buildings, plant, machinery and equipment that are
associated with or incidental to transport infrastructure.
"transport legislation" means the following Acts and the regulations under
those Acts-- (a) this Act,
(b) the Passenger Transport Act 1990 ,
(c) the
Ports and Maritime Administration Act 1995 ,
(d) the Roads Act 1993 ,
(e)
an Act that forms part of the road transport legislation as defined in the
Road Transport Act 2013 ,
(g) the marine legislation as defined in the
Ports and Maritime Administration Act 1995 ,
(h) an Act that is prescribed
by the regulations for the purposes of this definition.
"transport safety inquiry" has the same meaning as it has in the
Passenger Transport Act 1990 .
"Transport Secretary" means the Secretary of the Department of Transport.
"Transport Service" means the Transport Service of New South Wales referred to
in section 68B.
"transport services" include railway services (including heavy rail and
light rail services and metro passenger services), bus services and
ferry services.
"transport system" means the transport services and transport infrastructure
of the State for all modes of transport.
"voting shareholders" of TAHE, means the voting shareholders within the
meaning of the SOC Act. Note--: The Interpretation Act 1987 contains
definitions and other provisions that affect the interpretation and
application of this Act.
(2) In this Act-- (a) a reference to a function
includes a reference to a power, authority and duty, and
(b) a reference to
the exercise of a function includes, where the function is a duty, a reference
to the performance of the duty.
(3) Notes in the text of this Act do not form
part of this Act.
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