Western Australian Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

RAIL SAFETY ACT 1998

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1 -- Preliminary  

   1.      Short title
            
   2.      Commencement
            
   3.      Terms used in this Act
            
   4.      Application of Act
            
   5.      Relationship to Government Railways Act 1904
            
   6.      Act binds the Crown

   PART 2 -- Accreditation of owners and operators

           Division 1 -- General provisions  

   7.      Requirement for accreditation
            
   8.      Granting accreditation
            
   9.      Safety standards -- compliance specification
            
   10.     Safety management plans
            
   11.     Interim accreditation
            
   12.     Duration of accreditation
            
   13.     Style and particulars of accreditation
            
   14.     Conditions
            
   15.     Private sidings

           Division 2 -- Refusal, variation, suspension or cancellation of accreditation  

   16.     Refusal of application for accreditation
            
   17.     Variation of accreditation
            
   18.     Suspension or cancellation of accreditation
            
   19.     Immediate suspension

           Division 3 -- Dispute resolution  

   20.     Dispute resolution

           Division 4 -- Related matters  

   21.     Matters relating to applications
            
   22.     Annual fees
            
   23.     Rail Safety Accreditation Account
            
   24.     Periodic returns
            
   25.     Surrender of accreditation

   PART 3 -- Safety standards and measures  

   26.     Compliance with rail safety standards
            
   27.     Requirement to maintain safety systems, devices or appliances
            
   28.     Installation of safety or protective devices
            
   29.     Closing railway crossings, bridges etc.
            
   30.     Power to require works to stop
            
   31.     Railway employees

   PART 4 -- Compliance inspections and reporting  

   32.     Safety compliance inspections
            
   33.     Directions to undertake remedial safety work
            
   34.     Directions to provide programme of remedial safety work
            
   35.     Declarations as to variation of accreditation
            
   36.     Safety reports
            
   37.     Supply of information
            
   38.     Reports -- notifiable occurrences and other incidents
            
   39.     Director General may require report from owner or operator
            
   40.     Request for certain details

   PART 5 -- Inquiries and inspections

           Division 1 -- Inquiries  

   41.     Appointment of investigator
            
   42.     Procedures and powers of an investigator
            
   43.     Report
            
   44.     Inquiry may continue despite other proceedings

           Division 2 -- Inspections, etc.  

   45.     Appointment of authorised officers
            
   46.     Inspection powers
            
   47.     Entry under warrant
            
   48.     Provisions relating to seizure

           Division 3 -- Provisions relating to inquiries and inspections  

   49.     Offence to hinder persons appointed under this PART
            
   50.     Self-incrimination

   PART 6 -- Miscellaneous

           Division 1 -- General offences and proceedings  

   51.     False information
            
   52.     Tampering with railway equipment
            
   53.     Offender to state name and address
            
   54.     Daily penalty for continuing offences
            
   55.     Provision relating to offence by body corporate
            
   56.     Proceedings
            
   57.     Evidentiary provision

           Division 2 -- Other matters  

   57A.    Delegation
            
   58.     Recovery of cost of entry and inspection
            
   59.     Protection from liability for wrongdoing
            
   60.     Vicarious liability of accredited person for acts or omissions of employees or agents
            
   61.     Regulations
            
   62.      Adoption of code etc. in regulations
            
   63.      Review of Act
            
   64.     Transitional provisions
           SCHEDULE 1 -- Subject matter for regulations
           SCHEDULE 2 -- Transitional provisions  
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