Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Transport Act 1983 - SECT 82A

What is a public transport safety matter?

82A. What is a public transport safety matter?

A public transport safety matter is-

   (a)  an incident involving rolling stock, rail infrastructure, a bus or any
        infrastructure used in bus operations that resulted in, or that had
        the potential to result in, the death of, or injury to, any person, or
        in damage to any property or equipment, and includes, for example-

   (i)  any derailment of any rolling stock;

   (ii) any collision involving any bus or rolling stock;

   (iii) any incident resulting from the construction, maintenance or
        operation of a railway or from the operation of a bus;

   (iv) any failure of any part of rail infrastructure or any rolling stock or
        any part of any rolling stock;

   (v)  any failure of any bus or part of a bus or of any equipment on a bus
        or of anything used in bus operations;

   (vi) any failure or breach of any practice or procedure involving rolling
        stock or a bus;

   (vii) any fire, explosion or other similar occurrence involving rolling
        stock or a bus;

   (viii) any incident in which there is evidence of systematic safety
        deficiencies;

   (b)  any other incident or any state of affairs involving, or in relation
        to, rolling stock, rail infrastructure, buses or any infrastructure
        used in bus operations that is specified by the regulations for the
        purposes of this section.