New South Wales Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

RAIL SAFETY ACT 1993 - SECT 3

3 Object of Act

(1) The object of this Act is to promote the safe construction, operation and maintenance of railways.

(2) To facilitate the achievement of this object, this Act provides for:

(a) the establishment of a scheme for the accreditation of owners and operators of railways and for the certification of the competency of railway employees performing railway safety work, and

(b) the development, and monitoring, of safety performance standards for and with respect to the safe construction, operation and maintenance of railways, and

(c) the carrying out of regular safety compliance inspections, the reporting of notifiable occurrences, the holding of inquiries into railway accidents and other incidents and the adoption of other measures aimed at securing rail safety.