60ARelevant rail transport operator to whom this section applies may clear trees without obtaining permit

60A Relevant rail transport operator to whom this section applies may clear trees without obtaining permit

(1) This section applies if any tree or wood—

S. 60A(1)(a) amended by No. 22/2013 s. 65(2).

(a) is on land owned or occupied by a relevant rail transport operator; and

S. 60A(1)(b) amended by No. 22/2013 s. 65(2).

(b) is in the vicinity of a railway track operated or maintained by a relevant rail transport operator; and

(c) poses a risk to the safety of anyone on, or using, the railway track.

S. 60A(2) amended by No. 22/2013 s. 65(2).

(2) A relevant rail transport operator may fell and remove the tree or wood without the need to obtain a permit under any relevant planning scheme under the Planning and Environment Act 1987, despite anything to the contrary in or under that Act.

S. 60A(3) def. of relevant rail operator amended as relevant rail transport operator
by No. 22/2013 s. 65(3).

(3) In this section—

relevant rail transport operator means a person specified in section 60(6).

S. 61 substituted by No. 98/1998 s. 15.