Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Gas Industry Act 2001 - SECT 149C

Notification of gas distribution and transmission companies before rail operations carried out

149C. Notification of gas distribution and transmission companies before rail
operations carried out



(1) A rail operator must, before carrying out rail operations that will
threaten, or are likely to threaten, the safety of a gas distribution
company's or gas transmission company's works, or the safe provision by a gas
distribution company or gas transmission company of gas or other like
services, notify that gas distribution company or gas transmission company of
the rail operator's intention to carry out those operations.

Penalty: In the case of a natural person, 60 penalty units; In the case of a
body corporate, 300 penalty units.

(2) In this section-

works includes pipes, equipment, devices, structures, pipelines or
undertakings.





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