Rail Management Act 1996
38BMeaning of *operate*
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38B Meaning of *operate*
A person operates rail infrastructure or tram infrastructure, or a rail network, for the purposes of this Part if the person—
(a) owns or leases rail infrastructure or tram infrastructure, or a rail network, or has a right conferred by an Act or a contract to manage rail infrastructure or tram infrastructure, or a rail network; and
(b) either—
(i) operates, or appoints an agent or contractor to operate, the signalling, rolling stock control and communications facilities of the railway or tramway, as the case requires; or
(ii) carries out, or appoints an agent or contractor to carry out, on or around the railway or tramway (as the case requires), the construction, maintenance, repair or alteration of any of the rail infrastructure or tram infrastructure, or rail network.
S. 38C substituted by No. 68/2017 s. 88.