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#### 7 Railways to which Law does or does not apply
7 Railways to which Law does or does not apply
> > (1) For the purposes of section 7(1)(g) (*Railways to which this Law does not apply*) of the Law, the Law does not apply to the following—
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> > > (a) in respect of New South Wales—any temporary, isolated railway used for the construction of tunnels by or on behalf of a public transport agency constituted under the [Transport Administration Act 1988](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1988-109) of New South Wales;
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> > > (b) in respect of Queensland—any cane railway that is operated entirely or partly on an access right under Chapter 2 Part 4 of the Sugar Industry Act 1999 of Queensland used, or proposed to be used, solely for the transportation of sugar cane, sugar or sugar cane by-products;
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> > > (c) in respect of South Australia—the underground railway operated by Adelaide Aqua D&C Consortium for the purpose of the construction of saltwater intake and outfall tunnels for the Adelaide desalination plant at Port Stanvac;
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> > > (d) in respect of Tasmania—any railway located in Tasmania used as a haulage way for operational and maintenance purposes in connection with the electricity supply industry within the meaning of the Electricity Supply Industry Act 1995 of Tasmania.
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> > > (e) (Repealed)
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> > (2) Pursuant to section 7(3) (*Railways to which this Law does not apply*) of the Law, the Law applies to the following railways in New South Wales—
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> > > (a) Campbelltown Steam and Machinery Museum;
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> > > (b) Dorrigo Steam Railway and Museum Limited;
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> > > (c) Guyra and District Historical Society Machinery Group;
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> > > (d) Illawarra Light Railway Museum Society Limited;
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> > > (e) Lake Macquarie Light Rail;
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> > > (f) Millennium Parklands Railway;
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> > > (g) New England Railway Inc;
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> > > (h) Oberon Tarana Heritage Railway Inc;
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> > > (i) Richmond Vale Preservation Co-operative Society Ltd;
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> > > (j) Steam Tram and Railway Preservation Co-op Society Ltd;
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> > > (k) Zig Zag Railway Co-op Ltd.
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> **Reg 7:** Am 2017 (258), reg 4; 2019 (539), reg 4.