RAIL SAFETY NATIONAL LAW (NSW) - SECT 3
Purpose, objects and guiding principles of Law
RAIL SAFETY NATIONAL LAW (NSW) - SECT 3
Purpose, objects and guiding principles of Law
3 Purpose, objects and guiding principles of Law
(1) The main purpose of this Law is to provide for safe railway operations in
Australia.
(2) The objects of this Law are--
(a) to establish the Office of
the National Rail Safety Regulator (the
"ONRSR" ); and
(b) to make provision for the appointment, functions and
powers of the National Rail Safety Regulator (the
"Regulator" ); and
(c) to make provision for a national system of rail
safety, including by providing a scheme for national accreditation of rail
transport operators in respect of railway operations; and
(d) to provide for
the effective management of safety risks associated with railway operations;
and
(e) to provide for the safe carrying out of railway operations; and
(f)
to provide for continuous improvement of the safe carrying out of railway
operations; and
(g) to make special provision for the control of particular
risks arising from railway operations; and
(h) to promote public confidence
in the safety of transport of persons or freight by rail; and
(i) to promote
the provision of advice, information, education and training for safe railway
operations; and
(j) to promote the effective involvement of relevant
stakeholders, through consultation and cooperation, in the provision of safe
railway operations.
(3) The guiding principles under this Law are--
(a) to
assist rail transport operators to achieve productivity by the provision of a
national scheme for rail safety; and
(b) to operate the national scheme in a
timely, transparent, accountable, efficient, effective, consistent and fair
way; and
(c) that fees required to be paid for the provision of the national
scheme are to be reasonable having regard to the efficient and effective
operation of the scheme.
(4) The Parliament does not intend by this section
to create in any person any legal right or give rise to any civil cause of
action.