Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Rail Safety Act 2006 - SECT 38

Application for accreditation

38. Application for accreditation



(1) A rail infrastructure manager may apply to the Safety Director for
accreditation in respect of the rail infrastructure operations the rail
infrastructure manager carries out or intends to carry out.

(2) A rolling stock operator may apply to the Safety Director for
accreditation in respect of the rolling stock operations the rolling stock
operator carries out or intends to carry out.

(3) An application must be-

   (a)  made in the manner and form determined by the Safety Director; and

   (b)  accompanied by-

   (i)  the application fee set out in the regulations; and

   (ii) any other things that are required by the regulations.

(4) The Safety Director may require an applicant to-

   (a)  supply further information specified by the Safety Director;

   (b)  verify, by statutory declaration, information supplied for the
        purposes of the application.

(5) The application, and any further information supplied by the applicant
under subsection (4), must be signed in accordance with subsection (6) and
declared by each signatory to be true and correct.

(6) The application must be signed-

   (a)  if the applicant is a body corporate-

   (i)  being a company within the meaning of the Corporations Act, in
        accordance with section 127 of that Act;

   (ii) in any other case, by each director, or each member of the committee
        of management, of the body corporate;

   (b)  if the applicant is an unincorporated association or body, by each
        member of the committee of management of the association or body;

   (c)  if the applicant is a partnership, by each partner;

   (d)  if the applicant is an individual, by the individual.

(7) In addition, each signatory referred to in subsection (6) must declare
that he or she is not a person who, under Part 2D.6 of the Corporations Act,
is disqualified from managing corporations.