Rail Safety National Law Rail Safety National Law National Regulations (Fees and Returns) Variation Regulations 2017 (NSW)

Rail Safety National Law National Regulations (Fees and

Returns) Variation Regulations 2017

under the Rail Safety National Law

Contents
Part 1—Preliminary

1             Short title

2             Commencement

3             Variation provisions

Part 2—Variation of Rail Safety National Law National Regulations 2012

4             Variation of regulation 56—Periodic information to be supplied

5             Variation of Schedule 3—Fees

Part 1—Preliminary
1—Short title

These regulations may be cited as the Rail Safety National Law National Regulations

(Fees and Returns) Variation Regulations 2017.

2—Commencement

These regulations will come into operation on 1 July 2017.

3—Variation provisions

In these regulations, a provision under a heading referring to the variation of specified

regulations varies the regulations so specified.

Part 2—Variation of Rail Safety National Law National

Regulations 2012

4—Variation of regulation 56—Periodic information to be supplied

(1)	Regulation 56(1)—delete "The following returns of information are required under
section 120(3) (Power of Regulator to obtain information from rail transport
operators) of the Law" and substitute:

For the purposes of section 120(3) (Power of Regulator to obtain information

from rail transport operators) of the Law, a rail transport operator must

provide the Regulator with a monthly return that sets out the following

information

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Rail Safety National Law National Regulations (Fees and Returns) Variation Regulations 2017

Part 2—Variation of Rail Safety National Law National Regulations 2012

(2)	Regulation 56(1)(a)—delete "a monthly return that sets out in respect of the month"
and substitute:

in respect of the whole of the month

(3) Regulation 56(1)(b)—delete paragraph (b) and substitute:

(b) as on the last working day of the month—the number of employees

of the rail transport operator engaged to undertake rail safety work in

respect of a railway over which the operator has effective

management and control.

(4) Regulation 56(2)—before "return" insert:

monthly

(5) Regulation 56(3)—delete "by subregulation (1)(a)" and substitute:

under subregulation (1)

(6) Regulation 56(4)—delete subregulation (4)

5—Variation of Schedule 3—Fees

Schedule 3, Part 2, clause 1(1), table—delete the table in clause 1(1) and substitute:

ACT NSW NT QLD SA TAS VIC WA

Rate per kilometre of

track managed by a

185.75 185.75 44.93 154.30 113.81 66.49 115.20 90.96

rail infrastructure

manager ($/km) (RT)

Rate per kilometre

travelled by trains of a

0.064 0.064 0.138 0.080 0.092 0.183 0.040 0.045

rolling stock operator

($/km) (Rt)

Made by the Governor

on the unanimous recommendation of the responsible Ministers and with the advice and

consent of the Executive Council

on 7 June 2017

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