Rail Safety National Law (ACT) Amendment Regulation 2017 (No 1) (ACT)

Rail Safety National Law (ACT) Amendment Regulation 2017 (No 1)

Subordinate Law SL2017-2

The Australian Capital Territory Executive makes the following regulation under the Rail Safety National Law (ACT) Act 2014.

Dated 20 February 2017.

Shane Rattenbury

Minister

Mick Gentleman

Minister

Rail Safety National Law (ACT) Amendment Regulation 2017 (No 1)

Subordinate Law SL2017-2

made under the

Rail Safety National Law (ACT) Act 2014

1. Name of regulation

   This regulation is the Rail Safety National Law (ACT) Amendment Regulation 2017 (No 1).

2. Commencement

   This regulation commences on the day after its notification day.

   NoteThe naming and commencement provisions automatically commence on the notification day (see Legislation Act, s 75 (1)).

3. Legislation amended

   This regulation amends the Rail Safety National Law (ACT) Regulation 2014.

4. New section 5A

   insert

5AConduct of breath analysis—requirements for statement or notice—Act, s 15 (6) and (7)

(1)For the Act, section 15 (6), a written statement given to a rail safety worker in relation to an analysis of the worker’s breath must include the following:

(a)for the authorised person who carried out the breath analysis—the person’s—

(i)name or service number; and

(ii)signature;

(b)if the worker was taken into custody under the Act, section 14, to undertake the breath analysis—the service number and signature of the police officer who took the worker into custody;

(c)the particulars mentioned in the Road Transport (Alcohol and Drugs) Regulation 2000, schedule 1, other than item 4 and item 5.

(2)For the Act, section 15 (7), a written notice is taken to have been given to a rail safety worker in relation to an analysis of the worker’s breath if a written statement mentioned in subsection (1) has been given to the worker in relation to the analysis.

Endnotes

1. Notification

   Notified under the Legislation Act on 23 February 2017.

2. Republications of amended laws

   For the latest republication of amended laws, see align="center">© Australian Capital Territory 2017