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RAIL SAFETY ACT 2007 - SECT 64

64—Emergency management plan

        (1)         A rail transport operator must have an emergency management plan for railway operations carried out by or on behalf of the operator on or in relation to the operator's railway operations that complies with subsection (2) .

Maximum penalty:

            (a)         where the offender is a body corporate—$300 000;

            (b)         where the offender is a natural person—$100 000.

        (2)         The emergency management plan must—

            (a)         address and include the matters that are prescribed; and

            (b)         be prepared—

                  (i)         in conjunction with any of the emergency services that would be expected to attend in the event of a significant incident involving the operator's railway operations, and any other person who is prescribed; and

                  (ii)         in accordance with the regulations; and

            (c)         be kept and maintained in accordance with the regulations; and

            (d)         be provided to the relevant emergency services and any other person who is prescribed; and

            (e)         be tested in accordance with the regulations.

        (3)         A rail transport operator must ensure that the appropriate response measures of the emergency management plan are implemented if an emergency occurs.

Maximum penalty:

            (a)         where the offender is a body corporate—$300 000;

            (b)         where the offender is a natural person—$100 000.

        (4)         In this section—

"emergency services" means each of the following:

            (a)         South Australia Police;

            (b)         South Australian Country Fire Service;

            (c)         South Australian Metropolitan Fire Service;

            (d)         SA Ambulance Service Inc;

            (e)         any body prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this definition.



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