Railway officers dealing with dead protected animals
29 Railway officers dealing with dead protected animals
A railway officer employed by a railway manager may carry out any of the following activities in relation to a dead protected animal—
take the animal at a railway managed by the railway manager;
move the animal to another place.
However, when taking or moving the animal the railway officer must comply with any conditions—
imposed under subsection (3); and
notified by the chief executive to the railway manager.
The chief executive may impose conditions on the taking or moving of a dead protected animal under this section, including, for example, a condition stating—
the way in which the animal is to be dealt with after being taken or moved; or
the records to be kept for activities carried out under subsection (1); or
the way in which the records mentioned in paragraph (b) are kept and accessed.
This section does not apply to a railway officer employed by a rail government entity.
In this section—
railway manager see the Transport Infrastructure Act 1994, schedule 6.
railway officer, employed by a railway manager, means—
an employee or contractor of the railway manager; or
an employee or contractor of a related body corporate of the railway manager; or
another person approved by the chief executive by notice to the railway manager.
related body corporate, of a railway manager, means a body corporate that is a related body corporate of the railway manager within the meaning of the Corporations Act, section 50.
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