Definitions
1 Definitions
In this Part—
accident site means any of the following sites associated with a transport accident or incident—
a site containing a bus, ferry or rolling stock or wreckage of a bus, ferry or rolling stock,
a site where there is an impact point associated with a transport accident or incident,
a site where a transport accident or incident occurred,
if the accident or incident involved destruction or serious damage to property (other than a bus, ferry or rolling stock), a site containing that property or its wreckage,
any area around a site referred to in paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d) that the Chief Investigator determines is reasonably necessary to facilitate a transport safety investigation and for securing any such site.
notifiable occurrence—
in relation to railway operations—has the same meaning as it has in the Rail Safety National Law (NSW), and
in relation to a bus—means an occurrence required to be reported under section 132.
premises includes any place, vehicle or railway premises.
rolling stock has the same meaning as it has in the Rail Safety National Law (NSW).
special premises means—
an accident site, or
premises that it is necessary to enter to get into an accident site, or
a vehicle.
vehicle includes rolling stock.
Note.
Section 148 sets out the circumstances in which transport safety investigators may exercise the powers set out in this Part.
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