179Applications for accreditation

179 Applications for accreditation

(a) a transitioning rail transport operator has made an application under section 38(1) or (2) of the Local Operations Act before the commencement day (an accreditation application); and

(b) the Safety Director has not determined the accreditation application under Division 2 of Part 5 of the Local Operations Act before that day; and

(c) an application has not been made under section 88 of the Local Operations Act in relation to the accreditation application before that day.

For initial accreditations in relation to which there are internal reviews that have not been completed before the commencement day, see section 189.

(2) On the commencement day, the accreditation application is taken to be an application under section 64 of the Law and the Regulator must determine the application under that Law on and after that day.

(3) For the purposes of subsection (2), anything done by the Safety Director under the Local Operations Act in respect of the accreditation application before the commencement day is taken on that day to have been done by the Regulator under the Law.

(4) In addition—

(a) any period during which the Safety Director is considering the accreditation application under the Local Operations Act before the commencement day is taken, on that day, to form part of the relevant period for the purposes of section 67 of the Law; and

(b) any notification under section 44(3) of the Local Operations Act in relation to the accreditation application is taken, on the commencement day, to be a written notice under paragraph (c) of the definition of relevant period (as defined under section 67(5) of the Law).

S. 180 inserted by No. 41/2019 s. 19.