New South Wales Consolidated Acts

RAIL SAFETY ACT 2008 - SECT 16

16 Security management plan

(1) A rail transport operator must have a security management plan for railway operations carried out by or on behalf of the operator for which the operator is required to be accredited that:

(a) incorporates measures to protect people from theft, assault, sabotage, terrorism and other criminal acts of other parties and from other harm, and

(b) complies with this Act and the regulations.

Note: It is an offence to fail to comply with this subsection (see section 12 which requires this section to be complied with as part of the safety management system).

(2) A rail transport operator must ensure that the appropriate response measures of the security management plan are implemented without delay if a security incident occurs.

Maximum penalty:

(a) in the case of a corporation-3,000 penalty units, or

(b) in the case of an individual-300 penalty units.