Rail Safety National Law (Queensland) Bill 2016 (Qld)

An Act to apply a national law that provides for a national system of rail safety, to repeal the Transport (Rail Safety) Act 2010 , and to amend this Act, the Coal Mining Safety and Health Act 1999 , the Mining and Quarrying Safety and Health Act 1999 , the Queensland Rail Transit Authority Act 2013 , the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 and the Acts mentioned in schedule 1 for particular purposes The Parliament of Queensland enacts—

Part 1 Preliminary

1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Rail Safety National Law (Queensland) Act 2016 .

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

3 Definitions (1) In this Act— local regulation means a regulation, or a provision of a regulation, made under section 63 of 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.