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National Transport Commission (Model Rail Safety Regulations) Regulations 20071

  Select Legislative Instrument 2007 No. 320

I, PHILIP MICHAEL JEFFERY, Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the National Transport Commission Act 2003.
Dated 26 September 2007

  P. M. JEFFERY
  Governor‑General
  By His Excellency's Command

  MARK VAILE
  Minister for Transport and Regional Services

1 Name of Regulations

  These Regulations are the National Transport Commission (Model Rail Safety Regulations) Regulations 2007.

2 Commencement

  These Regulations commence on the day after they are registered.

3 Model legislation — Model Rail Safety Regulations 2007

  For section 7 of the National Transport Commission Act 2003 (the NTC Act), Schedule 1 sets out model legislation, in the form of Regulations, about Model Rail Safety.
                  Schedule 1 Model Rail Safety Regulations 2007
                  (regulations 3)

The following provisions are intended to provide the basis for nationally consistent transport laws on the topics with which they deal. They do not, of themselves, have any legal effect.

Contents

Part 1 Preliminary Matters

 1 Name of Regulations
 2 Approval
 3 Definition and reference provision

Part 2 Accreditation

 4 Application for accreditation
 5 What the applicant must demonstrate
 6 Prescribed details of accredited person
 7 Prescribed conditions of, or restrictions on, accreditation
 8 Surrender of accreditation
 9 Application for a variation of an accreditation

Part 3 Safety Management

Division 1 Safety Management Systems

 10 Prescribed requirements for a safety management system

Division 2 Private Sidings

 11 Maintenance and operational conditions

Division 3 Interface Co‑ordination Plans

 12 Meaning of interface agreement
 13 Obligations on rail transport operators
 14 Obligations on rail infrastructure managers
 15 Obligations on road authorities

Division 4 Security Management Plans

 16 Security management plan

Division 5 Emergency Management Plans

 17 Preparation of an emergency management plan 18
 18 Matters to be included in an emergency management plan
 19 Keeping, maintaining and testing an emergency management plan

Division 6 Review

 20 Review of safety management system

Part 4 Rail Safety Workers

 21 Rail safety work
 22 Health and fitness management programs
 23 Alcohol and drug management program
 24 Testing for presence of alcohol and drugs
 25 Fatigue management program
 26 Records of competence

Part 5 Miscellaneous

 27 Periodic information to be supplied
 28 Reporting of notifiable occurrences
 29 Documents to be made available for public inspection
 30 Annual report of Rail Safety Regulator
 31 Audits of railway operations
 32 Embargo notices
 33 Confidentiality
 34 Prescribed persons
 35 Exemptions from the Act by regulation

Part 6 Fees

 36 Annual fees for private sidings
 37 Application fees
 38 Annual accreditation fees
 39 Variation of accreditation fees
 40 Late Fees

Schedule 1 Content of the Safety Management System

Schedule 2 Fees