New South Wales Consolidated Acts

TRANSPORT ADMINISTRATION ACT 1988 - SECT 10

10 Other functions of RailCorp

(1) RailCorp has the functions conferred or imposed on it by or under this or any other Act or law.

(2) RailCorp may:

(a) provide goods, services or facilities to the rail industry, and

(b) without limiting paragraph (a), act as an agent for or provide services to another rail infrastructure owner or rail operator, whether or not the agency or services are for purposes related to its principal functions, and

(c) conduct any business (whether or not related to its principal functions) that it considers will further its objectives, and

(d) provide services or facilities that are ancillary to or incidental to its principal functions, and

(e) acquire and develop any land, and

(f) acquire or build, and maintain or dispose of, any engines, carriages, vehicles, plant, machinery or equipment, and

(g) make and enter into contracts or arrangements for the carrying out of works or the performance of services or the supply of goods or materials, and

(h) make and enter into contracts or arrangements with any person for the operation by that person, on such terms as may be agreed on, of any of RailCorp’s railway or other transport services or of any of RailCorp’s businesses, and

(i) appoint agents, and act as agents for other persons.

(3) RailCorp may, with the consent of the Minister, act as an agent for a body constituted under this Act (other than the State Transit Authority, the Roads and Traffic Authority or the Independent Transport Safety and Reliability Regulator) without obtaining the consent of that body.