Surat Basin Rail (Infrastructure Development and Management) Act 2012 (Qld)

Surat Basin Rail (Infrastructure Development and Management) Act 2012

An Act to provide for the development and management of a railway within the Surat Basin rail corridor land in a safe, effective and efficient way and for related purposes

Part 1 Preliminary

Division 1 Introduction

1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Surat Basin Rail (Infrastructure Development and Management) Act 2012.

2 Commencement This Act commences on a day to be fixed by proclamation.

3 Object of Act and its achievement (1) The object of this Act is to facilitate the development and operation of the railway. (2) The object is intended to be achieved primarily by— (a) providing that particular provisions of the Land Title Act 1994 and the Property Law Act 1974 do not apply to a railway lease declared under part 2 to be an exempt lease; and (b) providing a framework to— (i) allow the railway to be constructed and maintained in an effective and efficient way; and (ii) allow railway operators to operate rolling stock on the railway in an effective and efficient way; and (iii) allow railway managers to manage rail transport infrastructure in an effective and efficient way; and (iv) allow the railway to be managed and operated in an effective and efficient way; and (c) providing for the safety of the railway and persons at, on or near the railway by imposing requirements and establishing offences directed at ensuring the safety.

Division 2 Interpretation

4 Definitions The dictionary in the schedule defines particular words used in this Act.

5 Meaning of railway Railway means the railway and rail transport infrastructure situated, or proposed to be situated, within the Surat Basin rail corridor land.