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Road Management Act 2004
48FNotification of road authorities before railway operations carried out
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48F Notification of road authorities before railway operations carried out
S. 48F(1) amended by No. 22/2013 s. 72(2).
(1) A rail transport operator must, before carrying out railway operations that will threaten, or are likely to threaten, the safety of a road authority's road infrastructure, notify that road authority of the rail transport operator's intention to carry out those operations.
S. 48F(2) inserted by No. 17/2009 s. 20(4).
S. 48F(2)(b) amended by No. 22/2013 s. 72(3).
(b) unless subsection (3) applies, at least 28 days before the proposed carrying out of the railway operations.
S. 48F(3) inserted by No. 17/2009 s. 20(4), amended by No. 22/2013 s. 72(4)(a).
(3) If the proposed carrying out of the railway operations is due to the existence of an emergency or the requirement to carry out urgent works, the period of notice should be as much as is reasonably practicable in the circumstances.
Notes to s. 48F(3) amended by Nos 22/2013 s. 72(4)(b)(c), 41/2019 s. 117(Sch. 1 item 11.10).
S. 48G inserted by No. 9/2006 s. 160, amended by No. 17/2009 s. 22.