(1) This section prescribes, for section 82(2)(a)(ii) of the Act, requirements about the way a rail transport operator's emergency management plan for the railway operations must be prepared.
(2) The rail transport operator must consult with each of the following entities in preparing the emergency management plan--
(a) each entity the operator is required, under section 66 of the Act, to consult with before establishing, reviewing or varying the operator's safety management system for the railway operations;
(b) each government agency, other than an emergency service, that has functions or responsibilities relating to managing emergencies in the area to which the plan relates;
(c) each transport operator who may be affected by the implementation of the plan;
(d) each of the following entities if the entity may be required to assist in implementing the plan, or a response measure of the plan--
(i) an entity that provides, or intends to provide, water, sewerage, drainage, gas, electricity, telephone, telecommunication or other similar services under an Act or a law of the Commonwealth;
(ii) a person who owns, or who is authorised under an Act to construct or use, a pipeline, whether underground or above ground, for transporting chemical, gas or petroleum products, or mineral slurry;
(iii) an entity that provides a public passenger service under the Transport Operations (Passenger Transport) Act 1994.