New South Wales Consolidated Acts

TRANSPORT ADMINISTRATION ACT 1988 - SECT 18

18 Definitions

(1) In this Part:
"develop a railway system or develop a transport project" includes:

(a) carry out development (within the meaning of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 ) or an activity (within the meaning of Part 5 of that Act) for the purposes of a railway system or other transport project,

(b) manage any such development,

(c) finance any such development,

(d) maintain any such development,

(e) facilitate any such development,

(f) carry out any function ancillary to any such development.

"railway" means a guided system designed to transport passengers or freight or both (whether or not passengers, freight or both are being transported) on a railway track, together with its infrastructure and associated sidings, and includes a heavy railway, light railway, inclined railway, monorail or tramway.
"railway system" includes a railway, rail infrastructure facilities, stations, platforms, maintenance facilities, depots and any other transport interchanges, works, structures and facilities associated with or incidental to the railway or rail infrastructure facilities.

(2) In this Part, a reference to a railway system or other transport project includes a reference to part of a system or part of a project.