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RAIL SAFETY NATIONAL LAW (NSW) - SECT 203 Ministerial exemptions

RAIL SAFETY NATIONAL LAW (NSW) - SECT 203

Ministerial exemptions

203 Ministerial exemptions

(1) The Minister may, after consultation with the Regulator, by notice in the Gazette, grant exemptions from this Law or specified provisions of this Law in respect of railway operations carried out, or proposed to be carried out, in this jurisdiction--
(a) to a person specified by the Minister; or
(b) in relation to a railway specified by the Minister.
(2) The Minister may grant an exemption under subsection (1)--
(a) on conditions specified in the notice; and
(b) for a period (not exceeding 3 months) specified in the notice.
(3) The Minister may, at any time, by further notice in the Gazette--
(a) vary or cancel an exemption; or
(b) vary or cancel a condition of an exemption.
(4) A person who has been granted an exemption under this section who contravenes a condition imposed on the exemption is guilty of an offence.
: Maximum penalty--
(a) in the case of an individual--$20 000;
(b) in the case of a body corporate--$100 000.