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Australian National Railways Commission Act 1983
78Endangering safety of trains etc.
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#### 78 Endangering safety of trains etc.
(1) A person must not, intentionally or recklessly, do any act or thing that is likely to endanger the safety of:
(a) a train operated by the Commission;
(b) a railway, or any part of a railway, operated by the Commission; or
(c) any persons who are, or may be, within the limits of a railway operated by the Commission.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 10 years.
(2) An offence against subsection (1) is an indictable offence.
(5) This section shall be read and construed as being in addition to, and not in derogation of or in substitution for, any other law of the Commonwealth or any law of a State or Territory.
(6) Without limiting the generality of paragraph (1)(c), all land, and all buildings and other structures, owned or occupied by the Commission, and used in connection with a railway operated by the Commission, shall, for the purpose of that paragraph, be taken to be within the limits of that railway.