Public Works and Procurement Act 1912
91AFences—transferred railway provisions
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91A Fences—transferred railway provisions
91A Fences—transferred railway provisions
(1) Bungendore to Captain’s Flat Railway Act 1930 Notwithstanding the provisions of section 91, the Constructing Authority shall not be compelled, nor shall it be the duty of the said Authority, to make or maintain any fence along the line of railway described in the Schedule to the Bungendore to Captain’s Flat Railway Act 1930 (as in force immediately before its repeal) for the accommodation of any person or for any purpose whatsoever; but the said Authority may, in its discretion, make and maintain such fences in connection with the said line of railway as it may think fit.
(2) Coonabarabran to Burren Junction Railway Act 1913 Notwithstanding the provisions of section 91, the Constructing Authority shall not be compelled, nor shall it be the duty of the said authority to make or maintain any fence along the line of railway described in the Schedule to the Coonabarabran to Burren Junction Railway Act 1913 (as in force immediately before its repeal) for the accommodation of any person or for any purpose whatsoever; but the said Authority may, in his discretion, make and maintain such fences in connection with the said line of railway as he may think fit.
(2A) Government Railways (Fencing) Act 1902 Notwithstanding the provisions of section 91, the Constructing Authority shall not in respect of any of the lines of railway mentioned in the Second Schedule to the Government Railways (Fencing) Act 1902 (as in force immediately before its repeal) be required or compelled, nor shall it be the duty of the said Authority, to make or maintain any fence along the said lines of railway for the accommodation of any person or for any purpose whatsoever; but the said Authority may, in its discretion, make and maintain such fences in connection with the said lines of railway as it may think fit.
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The railway lines concerned are Nyngan to Cobar, Narrabri to Moree, Jerilderie to Berrigan, Parkes to Condobolin, Nevertire to Warren, Berrigan to Finley, Tamworth to Manilla, Moree to Inverell, Dubbo to Coonamble, Goulburn to Crookwell, The Rock to Green’s Gunyah, Koorawatha to Grenfell, Byrock to Brewarrina, Gundagai to Tumut, Narrabri to Walgett, Culcairn to Germanton, Temora to Wyalong and Manilla to Barraba.
(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 91, the Commissioner for Railways as constructing authority shall not be compelled nor shall it be the duty of the Commissioner for Railways as constructing authority to make or maintain, for the accommodation of any person or for any purpose whatsoever, any fence along that portion of the work described in the Schedule to the (as in force immediately before its repeal) extending from the northern bank of the South Channel of the Hunter River to the point adjacent to wharves to be constructed at Rotten Row; but the Commissioner for Railways may, in the Commissioner’s discretion, make and maintain such fences in connection with that portion of the said work as the Commissioner may think fit.