Transport Infrastructure Act 1994
An Act about transport infrastructure and related matters
Chapter 1 Preliminary
1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the Transport Infrastructure Act 1994.
2 Objectives of this Act
(1)The overall objective of this Act is, consistent with the objectives of the Transport Planning and Coordination Act 1994, to provide a regime that allows for and encourages effective integrated planning and efficient management of a system of transport infrastructure.(2)In particular, the objectives of this Act are—(a)to allow the Government to have a strategic overview of the provision and operation of all transport infrastructure; and(b)for roads—to establish a regime under which—(i)a system of roads of national and State significance can be effectively planned and efficiently managed; and(ii)influence can be exercised over the total road network in a way that contributes to overall transport efficiency; and(iii)account is taken of the need to provide adequate levels of safety, and community access to the road network; and(iv)impacts on development from environmental emissions generated by State-controlled roads are addressed by the development; and(c)for miscellaneous transport infrastructure—to establish a regime for the effective planning and efficient management of the infrastructure; and(d)for rail—to establish a regime that—(i)contributes to overall transport effectiveness and efficiency; and(ii)provides for the safety of railways and persons at, on or near railways; and(iii)contributes to lower transport costs by allowing the maximum flexibility in rail transport operations consistent with achieving safety objectives; and(iv)allows railway managers and operators to make decisions on a commercial basis; and(e)for ports—to establish a regime under which a ports system is provided and can be managed within an overall strategic framework; and(f)for air—to promote basic access to air services, and regional development, by making provision about air transport infrastructure; and(g)for public marine transport—to establish a regime under which—(i)public marine facilities are effectively and efficiently managed; and(ii)the use of waterways for transport purposes is effectively and efficiently managed; and(h)for busways—to establish a regime that provides for—(i)flexibility in the choice between private and public construction and management; and(ii)land tenure arrangements allowing private management to be established on a sound financial basis; and(iii)safely constructed, managed and operated infrastructure; and(i)for busways and light rail—to establish a regime for each that—(i)contributes to overall transport effectiveness and efficiency; and(ii)is responsive to community needs; and(iii)offers an appealing alternative to private transport in a way that takes into account overall environmental, economic and social influences of transport; and(iv)addresses the challenges of future growth; and(v)provides busway and light rail transport infrastructure and passenger services at a reasonable cost to the community and government; and(vi)results in minimal interference with access to and from the road network; and(vii)encourages the facilitation and use of public transport;…