Rail Safety National Law (Queensland)
sec.118Identification of rail safety workers
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sec.118 Identification of rail safety workers
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: in the case of an individual—$10 000; in the case of a body corporate—$50 000. 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. (sec.118-ssec.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: in the case of an individual—$10 000; in the case of a body corporate—$50 000. (sec.118-ssec.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.
- (a) in the case of an individual—$10 000;
- (b) in the case of a body corporate—$50 000.