(1) This section prescribes, for section 93(1) of the Act, the period within which, and the way, a rail transport operator must report a category A notifiable occurrence that has happened on or in relation to a rail transport operator's railway premises or railway operations.
(2) The rail transport operator must report the category A notifiable occurrence by--
(a) notifying the relevant reporting entity for the operator, in the approved way, that the occurrence has happened, immediately after the operator becomes aware that the occurrence has happened; and
(b) giving the relevant reporting entity for the operator a written report, in the approved form, about the occurrence within--
(i) 72 hours after the operator becomes aware that the occurrence has happened; or
(ii) if the chief executive has, by notice, extended the period within which the operator must give the report--the extended period.
(3) In this section--
approved way, for notifying the relevant reporting entity that a category A notifiable occurrence has happened, means the way--
(a) approved by the chief executive for the notification; and
(b) published on the department's website.
Editor's note--
At the commencement of this section, the department's website was at.