7Interpretation of certain expressions

7 Interpretation of certain expressions

(1) In the Rail Safety National Law (Victoria)—

court has the meaning given by section 8;

emergency services means an emergency services agency within the meaning of the Emergency Management Act 1986;

footpath has the same meaning as in the Road Rules;

Gazette means the Victoria Government Gazette;

Minister means the Minister for Public Transport;

S. 7(1) def. of police officer substituted by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 143).

police officer has the same meaning as in the Victoria Police Act 2013;

S. 7(1) def. of public sector body repealed by No. 41/2019 s. 7(1).

S. 7(1) def. of public sector employee repealed by No. 41/2019 s. 7(1).

Rail Safety National Law or this Law means the Rail Safety National Law (Victoria);

S. 7(1) def. of railway repealed by No. 41/2019 s. 7(1).

road has the same meaning as in the Road Management Act 2004;

shared path has the same meaning as in Rule 242 of the Road Rules;

the jurisdiction or this jurisdiction means Victoria.

(2) For the purposes of paragraph (b) of the definition of prescribed authority in section 13(3) of the Rail Safety National Law (Victoria), the relevant authority in this jurisdiction is the Chief Investigator, Transport Safety.

S. 7(3) inserted by No. 41/2019 s. 7(2).

(3) For the purposes of this Act and the Rail Safety National Law (Victoria) and any other Act or law, the Office of the National Rail Safety Regulator is not an agency or instrumentality of the Crown in right of Victoria.