Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00045:section:12b
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00045
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 12B
Character Range: 84671–87322

12B  Meaning of critical freight infrastructure asset
 (1) An asset is a critical freight infrastructure asset if it is any of the following:
 (a) a road network that, in accordance with subsection (2), functions as a critical corridor for the transportation of goods between:
 (i) 2 States; or
 (ii) a State and a Territory; or
 (iii) 2 Territories; or
 (iv) 2 regional centres;
 (b) a rail network that, in accordance with subsection (3), functions as a critical corridor for the transportation of goods between:
 (i) 2 States; or
 (ii) a State and a Territory; or
 (iii) 2 Territories; or
 (iv) 2 regional centres;
 (c) an intermodal transfer facility that, in accordance with subsection (4), is critical to the transportation of goods between:
 (i) 2 States; or
 (ii) a State and a Territory; or
 (iii) 2 Territories; or
 (iv) 2 regional centres.
Note: The rules may prescribe that a specified critical freight infrastructure asset is not a critical infrastructure asset (see section 9).
 (2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(a), the rules may prescribe:
 (a) specified road networks that function as a critical corridor for the transportation of goods between:
 (i) 2 States; or
 (ii) a State and a Territory; or
 (iii) 2 Territories; or
 (iv) 2 regional centres; or
 (b) requirements for a road network to function as a critical corridor for the transportation of goods between:
 (i) 2 States; or
 (ii) a State and a Territory; or
 (iii) 2 Territories; or
 (iv) 2 regional centres.
 (3) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b), the rules may prescribe:
 (a) specified rail networks that function as a critical corridor for the transportation of goods between:
 (i) 2 States; or
 (ii) a State and a Territory; or
 (iii) 2 Territories; or
 (iv) 2 regional centres; or
 (b) requirements for a rail network to function as a critical corridor for the transportation of goods between:
 (i) 2 States; or
 (ii) a State and a Territory; or
 (iii) 2 Territories; or
 (iv) 2 regional centres.
 (4) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(c), the rules may prescribe:
 (a) specified intermodal transfer facilities that are critical to the transportation of goods between:
 (i) 2 States; or
 (ii) a State and a Territory; or
 (iii) 2 Territories; or
 (iv) 2 regional centres; or
 (b) requirements for an intermodal transfer facility to be critical to the transportation of goods between:
 (i) 2 States; or
 (ii) a State and a Territory; or
 (iii) 2 Territories; or
 (iv) 2 regional centres.
 (5) For the purposes of this section, road network includes a part of a road network.
 (6) For the purposes of this section, rail network includes a part of a rail network.