33ARailway activities—railway infrastructure operations

33A Railway activities—railway infrastructure operations

33A Railway activities—railway infrastructure operations

(1) This clause applies to railway activities—railway infrastructure operations, meaning the operation or the on-site repair, maintenance or replacement of existing railway infrastructure.

(2) However, this clause does not apply to any of the following—

(a) railway activities—railway infrastructure construction to which clause 33 applies,

(b) the operation of rolling stock to which clause 33B applies,

(c) the operation or on-site repair, maintenance or replacement of existing railway infrastructure used solely by any of the following—

(i) light railway vehicles, including trams,

(ii) inclined railway vehicles,

(iii) monorail vehicles,

(iv) railway vehicles that are used solely for heritage purposes,

(d) the operation of signalling, communication or train control systems,

(e) any activity at any of the following places—

(i) a railway station building (including platforms and offices),

(ii) a railway workshop,

(iii) a freight depot or centre,

(iv) a railway fuel depot.

(3) The activity to which this clause applies is declared to be a scheduled activity if it involves a continuous or connected length of track greater than 30 kilometres that is operated by the same person.

(4) For the purposes of calculating the length of a railway track, individual tracks constructed alongside one another are not to be added together.

(5) In this clause, railway infrastructure has the same meaning as in clause 33.