RAIL SAFETY NATIONAL LAW (NSW) - SECT 62 Accreditation required for railway operations

RAIL SAFETY NATIONAL LAW (NSW) - SECT 62

62 Accreditation required for railway operations

(1) A person must not carry out any railway operations unless the person--

(a) is a rail transport operator who--

(i) is accredited under this Part in respect of those operations; or

(ii) is exempt under this Law from compliance with this section in respect of those operations; or

(b) is carrying out those operations for or on behalf of--

(i) a rail transport operator who is accredited under this Part in respect of those operations; or

(ii) a rail transport operator who is exempt under this Law from compliance with this section in respect of those operations; or

(c) is exempt under this Law from compliance with this section in respect of those operations.

: Maximum penalty--

(a) in the case of an individual--$150 000;

(b) in the case of a body corporate--$1 500 000.

Note : If a body corporate and related bodies corporate are involved, an exemption may be given so that only 1 of the bodies need be accredited (
"related body corporate" meaning related by virtue of section 50 of the Corporations Act 2001 of the Commonwealth).

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a rail safety worker, not being a rail transport operator, carrying out rail safety work for or on behalf of a rail transport operator who--

(a) is accredited under this Part; or

(b) is exempt under this Law from compliance with this section,

in relation to that rail safety work.