249Approved codes of practice

249 Approved codes of practice

249 Approved codes of practice

(1) The responsible Ministers may approve a code of practice for the purposes of this Law and may vary or cancel an approved code of practice.

(2) The responsible Ministers may only approve, vary or cancel a code of practice under subsection (1) if that code of practice, variation or cancellation was developed by a process that involved consultation among—

(a) each participating jurisdiction; and

(b) rail transport operators and any relevant employer organisation; and

(c) rail safety workers and any relevant union.

(3) A code of practice may apply, adopt or incorporate any matter contained in a document formulated, issued or published by a person or body whether—

(a) with or without modification; or

(b) as in force at a particular time or from time to time.

(4) An approval of a code of practice, or a variation or cancellation of an approved code of practice—

(a) is to be published on the NSW legislation website in accordance with Part 6A of the Interpretation Act 1987 of New South Wales; and

(b) will commence on the day or days specified in the approval, variation or cancellation for its commencement (being not earlier than the date it is published); and

(c) is to be published by the Regulator on ONRSR’s website.

(5) The Regulator must ensure that a copy of—

(a) each code of practice that is currently approved; and

(b) each document applied, adopted or incorporated (to any extent) by an approved code of practice,

is available for inspection by members of the public without charge at ONRSR’s office during normal business hours.

s 249: Am 2015 No 5, sec 25.