Accreditation required for railway operations
62 Accreditation required for railway operations
A person must not carry out any railway operations unless the person —
is a rail transport operator who —
is accredited under this Part in respect of those operations; or
is exempt under this Law from compliance with this section in respect of those operations; or
is carrying out those operations for or on behalf of —
a rail transport operator who is accredited under this Part in respect of those operations; or
a rail transport operator who is exempt under this Law from compliance with this section in respect of those operations; or
is exempt under this Law from compliance with this section in respect of those operations.
Maximum penalty:
in the case of an individual — $150 000;
in the case of a body corporate — $1 500 000.
Note —
If a body corporate and related bodies corporate are involved, an exemption may be given so that only 1 of the bodies need be accredited (related body corporate meaning related by virtue of section 50 of the Corporations Act 2001 of the Commonwealth).
Subsection (1) does not apply to a rail safety worker, not being a rail transport operator, carrying out rail safety work for or on behalf of a rail transport operator who —
is accredited under this Part; or
is exempt under this Law from compliance with this section,
in relation to that rail safety work.
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