118Identification of rail safety workers

118 Identification of rail safety workers

118 Identification of rail safety workers

(1) A rail transport operator must ensure that each rail safety worker who is to carry out rail safety work in relation to the operator’s railway operations has a form of identification that is sufficient to enable the type of competence and training of the worker for that rail safety work to be checked by a rail safety officer.

Maximum penalty—

(a) in the case of an individual—$10 000;

(b) in the case of a body corporate—$50 000.

(2) A rail safety worker who is carrying out rail safety work must, when requested by a rail safety officer to do so, produce the identification provided in accordance with subsection (1) to the officer.

Maximum penalty—$2 500.