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Development Allowance Authority Act 1992
93MRelated facilities
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#### 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).