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101Compliance with safety management system
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101 Compliance with safety management system
101 Compliance with safety management system
(1) A rail transport operator must implement the operator’s safety management system.
Maximum penalty—
(a) in the case of an individual—$150 000;
(b) in the case of a body corporate—$1 500 000.
(2) A rail transport operator must not, without reasonable excuse, fail to comply with the operator’s safety management system for the operator’s railway operations.
Maximum penalty—
(a) in the case of an individual—$150 000;
(b) in the case of a body corporate—$1 500 000.
(3) Subsection (2) places an evidential burden on the accused to show a reasonable excuse.