Rail Safety National Law (Queensland) Act 2017 (Qld)

Rail Safety National Law (Queensland) Act 2017

An Act to apply a national law that provides for a national system of rail safety

Part 1 Preliminary

1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Rail Safety National Law (Queensland) Act 2017.

2 Commencement This Act commences at the end of 30 June 2017.

3 Definitions (1) In this Act— national law means the Rail Safety National Law (Queensland). national regulation means a regulation, or a provision of a regulation, made under the Rail Safety National Law (Queensland), section 264. Rail Safety National Law means the Rail Safety National Law, as in force from time to time, set out in the schedule to the Rail Safety National Law (South Australia) Act 2012 (SA). Rail Safety National Law (Queensland) means the provisions applying in this jurisdiction because of section 4. (2) Terms used in this Act and also in the Rail Safety National Law have the same meanings in this Act as they have in that Law.

Part 2 Application of Rail Safety National Law

4 Application as law of this jurisdiction The Rail Safety National Law— (a) applies as a law of this jurisdiction with the modifications set out in this part; and (b) as so applying may be referred to as the Rail Safety National Law (Queensland); and (c) applies as if it were an Act. Editor's notes— 1 See section 6 for Queensland legislation to which the Rail Safety National Law (Queensland) does not apply. 2 See section 7 for the relationship between the Rail Safety National Law (Queensland) and mining safety legislation. 3 See section 10 for the industrial relations status of ONRSR under the Rail Safety National Law (Queensland). 4 See sections 12 and 13 for the legal treatment of offences under the Rail Safety National Law (Queensland). 5 See section 14 for the requirement for Parliamentary scrutiny of national regulations made under the Rail Safety National Law (Queensland).