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South Australia
Rail Safety National Law (South Australia) (Miscellaneous
No 4) Amendment Bill 2019
A BILL FOR
An Act to amend the
Rail
Safety National Law (South Australia) Act 2012
.
Contents
Part 2—Amendment
of Rail Safety National Law
4Amendment of section
4—Interpretation
5Amendment of section 43—Annual
report
6Amendment of section 107—Interface
coordination—rail infrastructure and public roads
10Insertion of sections 128A to
128C
128AOffence to
hinder or obstruct authorised person
128BOffence to
assault, threaten or intimidate authorised person
128CInterfering or
tampering with, or destroying, samples
12Amendment of section 200—Temporary
closing of level crossings, bridges etc
13Amendment of section 244—Confidentiality
of information
The Parliament of South Australia enacts as
follows:
This Act may be cited as the Rail Safety National Law (South Australia)
(Miscellaneous No 4) Amendment Act 2019.
This Act will come into operation on a day to be fixed by
proclamation.
In this Act, a provision in
Part 2
amends the
Rail
Safety National Law
set out in the Schedule to the
Rail
Safety National Law (South Australia) Act 2012
.
Part 2—Amendment
of Rail Safety National
Law
4—Amendment
of section 4—Interpretation
(1) Section 4(1), definition of level crossing—delete
the definition and substitute:
level crossing includes each of the following
areas:
(a) an area where a road and a railway (other than a tramway) meet at
substantially the same level, whether or not there is a level crossing sign on
the road at all or any of the entrances to the area;
(b) an area where a road and a tramway meet at substantially the same
level and that has a level crossing sign on the road at each entrance to the
area;
(c) a pedestrian crossing—
(i) being an area where a footpath or shared path crosses a railway (other
than a tramway) at substantially the same level, whether or not there is a level
crossing sign on the path at all or any of the entrances to the area;
or
(ii) being an area where a footpath or shared path crosses a tramway at
substantially the same level and that has a level crossing sign on the path at
each entrance to the area;
(2) Section 4(1), definition of rail or road
crossing—delete the definition and substitute:
rail or road crossing includes each of the
following:
(a) a level crossing;
(b) an area where a road and a tramway meet at substantially the same
level, where there is no level crossing sign on the road at all or any of the
entrances to the area;
(c) an area where a footpath or shared path crosses a tramway at
substantially the same level, where there is no level crossing sign on the path
at all or any of the entrances to the area;
(d) a bridge carrying a road over a railway;
(e) a bridge carrying a railway over a road;
(f) a lane of a road on which rolling stock moves alongside road vehicles
on the road;
(3) Section 4(1), definition of railway
crossing—delete the definition
5—Amendment
of section 43—Annual report
(1) Section 43(2)(g)—delete "public sector"
(2) Section 43(3)—delete subsection (3) and
substitute:
(3) The national regulations may make provision in relation to the
preparation and auditing of financial statements.
6—Amendment
of section 107—Interface coordination—rail infrastructure and public
roads
Section 107(2)—at the foot of subsection (2) insert:
Maximum penalty:
(a) in the case of an individual—$50 000;
(b) in the case of a body corporate—$500 000.
Before section 123 insert:
122A—Interpretation
In this Division—
urine test includes—
(a) the screening of a sample of a person's urine; and
(b) the analysis of a sample of a person's urine,
for the presence of drugs in the sample.
8—Amendment
of section 127—Authorised person may require drug screening test, oral
fluid analysis, urine test and blood test
Section 127—after "oral fluid analysis" wherever occurring
insert:
, urine test
After section 127 insert:
127A—Facilitation of testing
(1) The person with control or management of railway premises must do all
that is reasonably necessary to facilitate an authorised person to exercise
powers under this Division in relation to requiring a rail safety worker to
undertake a test for the presence of a drug or alcohol, including (for
example)—
(a) allowing the authorised person entry to the railway premises;
and
(b) making the rail safety worker available for such testing;
and
(c) making any
other person at the premises available for the purpose of giving the authorised
person reasonable help to exercise the authorised person's powers under this
Division.
(2) A person
required to facilitate or give reasonable help under this section must not,
without reasonable excuse, fail to comply with the requirement.
Maximum penalty: $10 000.
(3)
Subsection (2)
places an evidential burden on the accused to show a reasonable
excuse.
(4) An authorised person may be accompanied by a rail safety officer to
assist the authorised person under this Division if the authorised person
considers the assistance necessary.
10—Insertion
of sections 128A to 128C
After section 128 insert:
128A—Offence to hinder or obstruct authorised
person
A person must not intentionally hinder or obstruct an authorised person in
exercising powers under this Division, or induce or attempt to induce any other
person to do so.
Maximum penalty: $10 000.
128B—Offence to assault, threaten or intimidate
authorised person
A person must not directly or indirectly assault, threaten or intimidate,
or attempt to assault, threaten or intimidate, an authorised person or a person
assisting an authorised person.
Maximum penalty: $50 000 or imprisonment for 2 years, or
both.
128C—Interfering or tampering with, or destroying,
samples
A person must not interfere or tamper with, or destroy, a sample of a
person's oral fluid, urine or blood provided or taken for the purposes of this
Division unless the action occurs—
(a) by or at the direction of a person authorised to analyse the sample
(whether under the Law or the application Act) in the course of or on completion
of the analysis; or
(b) in accordance with the requirements under the Law or the application
Act.
Maximum penalty: $10 000.
11—Amendment
of section 129—Oral fluid, urine sample or blood sample or results of
analysis etc not to be used for other purposes
(1) Section 129—delete "or blood" first occurring and
substitute:
, urine or blood
(2) Section 129—delete "or blood test" and substitute:
, urine test or blood test
12—Amendment
of section 200—Temporary closing of level crossings, bridges
etc
Section 200—delete "railway crossing" wherever occurring and
substitute in each case:
level crossing
13—Amendment
of section 244—Confidentiality of information
(1) Section 244(3)—after paragraph (d) insert:
(da) that is made or given in accordance with the
Freedom
of Information Act 1991
of South Australia as applied by this Law (including any provisions of the
national regulations made under section 263); or
(2) Section 244(3)(e)—delete "a law" and substitute:
any other law