Rail Management Act 1996

The Minister may prepare guidelines about the terms and conditions of rail access arrangements.

Without limiting subsection (1), rail access guidelines may contain guidance material on any one or more of the following—

the implementation by an access provider of the principle of passenger priority;

the management and notification arrangements for temporary railway track or tramway track closures;

the management and communication of freight train path availability;

arrangements governing—

how long rail access arrangements must be in effect; and

extensions to the time rail access arrangements are in effect;

processes for amending rail access arrangements;

arrangements and processes for resolving disputes between access providers and access seekers about access to the provision of declared rail transport services.

The Minister may amend rail access guidelines.