New South Wales Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

RAIL SAFETY ACT 1993 - SECT 8

8 Railways to which Act applies

(1) This Act applies to:

(a) any railway within, or partly within, the State with a railway track gauge equal to or greater than 600 mm, and

(a1) the Darling Harbour monorail transport system, and

(b) any other system designed to transport passengers or freight or both and declared by the regulations to be a railway for the purposes of this Act,

and to the operation of any such railway.

(2) This Act does not apply to:

(a) a railway in a mine which is underground or predominantly underground and to which the provisions of the Coal Mines Regulation Act 1982 or the Mines Inspection Act 1901 or regulations or rules made under those Acts apply, or

(b) a railway operated at an amusement park the operator of which holds a certificate of exemption from compliance with the requirements of this Act issued by the Director-General, or

(c) an aerial, cable operated transportation system.