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section 4

accredited rail infrastructure manager means a rail infrastructure manager under the Rail Safety National Law (Queensland) who is an accredited person under that Law.

appropriate register means—

(a)

for freehold land—the freehold land register; or

(b)

for other land—the appropriate register for the land under the Land Act 1994.

associated person, of the Coordinator-General or an authorised person, see section 10.

authorised person see section 10.

carry out, for railway works, means do anything on land that is reasonably necessary or desirable for the works, including, for example, temporarily occupy or use the land.

Coordinator-General means the Coordinator-General under the State Development and Public Works Organisation Act 1971.

employee, of a railway manager or railway operator, means—

(a)

an employee of, or a contractor for, the railway manager or railway operator; or

(b)

an employee of a contractor mentioned in paragraph (a); or

(c)

an individual who performs work for the railway manager or railway operator without payment, while the individual is performing that work.Example for paragraph (c)—

An individual does work as a volunteer for an organisation of which the individual is a member. The organisation is a railway manager. The volunteer is an employee of the railway manager while the volunteer is performing work for the manager.

investigation authority see section 15(1)(a).

land includes—

(a)

a reserve within the meaning of the Land Act 1994 or a road; and

(b)

land within the beds or banks of a watercourse or inundated land; and

(c)

the airspace above, and the land below, the surface.

maintain includes repair.

maintenance includes—

(a)

rehabilitation; and

(b)

replacement; and

(c)

repair; and

(d)

recurrent servicing; and

(e)

preventive and remedial action; and

(f)

removal; and

(g)

alteration; and

(h)

maintaining systems and services for rail transport infrastructure.

occupier, of land, means—

(a)

the person in actual occupation of the land; or

(b)

if there is no person in actual occupation—the person entitled to possession of the land;

and, for a watercourse or reserve, includes the person responsible for the care and management of the watercourse or reserve.

on, the railway, road or other land, includes over or under the railway, road or land.

owner, of land, includes—

(a)

the person who has lawful control of the land, on trust or otherwise; and

(b)

the person who is entitled to receive the rents and profits of the land.

rail transport infrastructure means facilities necessary for operating the railway, including—

(a)

railway track and works built for the railway, including any of the following—

• cuttings

• drainage works

• excavations

• land fill

• track support earthworks; and

(b)

any of the following things that are associated with the railway’s operation—

• bridges

• communication systems

• machinery and other equipment

• marshalling yards

• notice boards, notice markers and signs

• overhead electrical power supply systems

• over-track structures

• platforms

• power and communication cables

• service roads

• signalling facilities and equipment

• stations

• survey stations, pegs and marks

• train operation control facilities

• tunnels

• under-track structures; and

(c)

pedestrian facilities, including footpath paving, for the railway; and

(d)

any of the following—

(i)

freight centres or depots; or

(ii)

maintenance depots; or

(iii)

office buildings or housing; or

(iv)

rolling stock or other vehicles that operate on the railway; or

(v)

workshops; or

(vi)

any railway track, works or other thing that is part of anything mentioned in paragraphs (i) to (v).

railway see section 5.

railway crossing means a level crossing, bridge or other structure used to cross over or under the railway.

railway lease means a lease—

(a)

that is granted over the Surat Basin rail corridor land or a part of the land; and

(b)

that is primarily for the purpose of constructing or operating the railway; and

(c)

for which the lessor is—

(i)

the Coordinator-General; or

(ii)

the State.

railway lessee means the lessee of a railway lease.

railway licence means a licence—

(a)

that is granted by the Coordinator-General or the State in relation to the use of the Surat Basin rail corridor land or a part of the land; and

(b)

that is primarily for the purpose of constructing the railway.

railway licensee means the licensee under a railway licence.

railway manager means a person who is an accredited rail infrastructure manager for railway operations relating to the railway.

railway operations see the Rail Safety National Law (Queensland), section 4(1).

railway operator means a person who operates rolling stock on the railway.

railway works see section 6.

registrar of titles means a public official or authority responsible for registering title to land and dealings affecting land.

road see the Transport Infrastructure Act 1994, schedule 6, definition road, paragraphs (c), (ca) and (d).

rolling stock means a vehicle, including, for example, a train, that operates on the railway and is used, or is proposed to be used, for either—

(a)

transporting freight on the railway; or

(b)

maintenance work, or other work, associated with the railway.

Surat Basin rail corridor land see section 7.

vehicle includes any type of transport that moves on wheels and a hovercraft but does not include a train or tram.

watercourse includes a lake, spring, stream or swale.

works includes activities.

works authority see section 14(1)(a).

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