Oaky Creek—Gregory Railway Act 1980 (Qld)

849 ANNO VICESIMO NONO ELIZABETHAE SECUI DAE REGINAE No. 59 of 1980 An Act to authorize the construction of a railway from Oaky Creek mine in Queensland to connect with the Gregory branch railway in Queensland and for related purposes [ASSENTED TO 36TH SEPTEMBER, 1980]

850 ®aky Creek-Gregory Railway Act 1980, No. 59 BE IT ENACTED by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:- 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Oaky Creek-Gregory Railway Act 1980. 2. Construction . This Act shall be read as one with the Railways Act 1914-1978. 3. Interpretation . In this Act the expression " the proposed railway " means the railway to be constructed from Oaky Creek mine in Queensland to connect with the Gregory branch railway in Queensland and includes that railway while being constructed and when constructed. 4. Authority to construct . (1) The construction of the proposed railway is hereby authorized. (2) In respect of the proposed railway- (a) the Commissioner is not obliged to comply with the provisions of section 33 or 34 of the Railways Act 1914-1978; (b) the Governor in Council is authorized to exercise the powers conferred on him by section 35 of the Railways Act 1914-1978 notwithstanding that plans, sections, and books of reference of the proposed railway have not been laid before the Legislative Assembly; (c) the Commissioner may exercise all or any of the powers conferred on him by the Railways Act 1914-1978 in respect of constructing, maintaining, altering, repairing, working and using any railway as if the proposed railway were one to be constructed, being constructed or, as the case may be, constructed under that Act. 5. Application of Railways Act. For the purposes of the application of the provisions of the Railways Act 1914-1978, other than sections 33 and 34 thereof, in relation to the proposed railway and in relation to matters arising in connexion with that railway or the construction thereof the proposed railway shall be deemed to be a railway constructed or, as the case may be, being constructed under that Act.