93MRelated facilities

93M Related facilities

[Basic test] (1) Related facilities are facilities in Australia that are reasonably necessary for an infrastructure facility to be able to operate for the purpose for which it was constructed. [Examples] (2) The following are examples of facilities that are related facilities in respect of an infrastructure facility, provided that they pass the test in subsection (1): (a) plant and other equipment (for example, rolling stock in the case of a railway) for use in operating the infrastructure facility; (b) buildings or other structures from which staff are to operate the infrastructure facility; (c) buildings or other structures for storing freight, cargo, plant, fuel, stores or equipment; (d) stations or passenger or freight terminals; (e) subject to paragraphs (4)(a) and (6)(a), maintenance facilities. [Access roads etc. excluded] (3) In the case of any infrastructure facility, a road, bridge, tunnel or railway to provide access to the infrastructure facility is not a related facility (or part of the infrastructure facility itself). [Dry‑docks etc. excluded] (4) In the case of a seaport facility, the following are not related facilities (or part of the infrastructure facility itself): (a) a dry‑dock or other facility for repair or maintenance of vessels; (b) a vessel. [Dams etc. excluded] (5) In the case of an electricity generation, transmission or distribution facility, the following are not related facilities (or part of the infrastructure facility itself): (a) a dam or coal mine; (b) facilities for transporting fuel or water to the site at which the electricity generation, transmission or distribution takes place. [Hangars etc. excluded] (6) In the case of an air transport facility, the following are not related facilities (or part of the infrastructure facility itself): (a) a hangar or other facility for storage, repair or maintenance of aircraft; (b) an aircraft. [Processing plant etc. excluded] (7) In the case of a gas pipeline facility, the following are not related facilities (or part of the infrastructure facility itself): (a) the processing plant from which the gas pipeline transports the gas; (b) any drilling, extraction, processing or other plant or equipment for use in obtaining the gas, processing it or transporting it to the processing plant in paragraph (a).