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Road Transport (Public Passenger Services) Act 2001
27BEntitlement to operate light rail service
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27B Entitlement to operate light rail service
(1) A person is entitled to operate a light rail service if the person is
accredited under the Rail Safety National Law (ACT) as a rail
transport operator to operate a light rail service.
Note It is an offence to carry out railway operations without accreditation (see
Rail Safety National Law (ACT), s 62).
(2) A person commits an offence if—
(a) the person operates a light rail service; and
(b) the person—
(i) fails to give the road transport authority a copy of the
person’s current notice of accreditation within 2 days after
receiving the notice; or
Note The current notice of accreditation must also be available
for public inspection (see Rail Safety National Law (ACT),
s 81).
(ii) if a material particular of the person’s accreditation
changes—fails to tell the road transport authority, in
writing, about the change in the person’s accreditation
within 2 days after the day the change comes into effect; or
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(iii) fails to give the road transport authority a copy of any
notice of suspension or cancellation given to the person
under the Rail Safety National Law (ACT), section 73 or
section 74 within 2 days after the day the suspension comes
into effect.
Note It is an offence to make a false or misleading statement, give false or
misleading information or produce a false or misleading document (see
Criminal Code, pt 3.4).
(3) A person commits an offence if the person—
(a) operates a light rail service; and
(b) fails to give the road transport authority a copy of an application
made to the Office of the National Rail Safety Regulator to
vary—
(i) the person’s accreditation under the Rail Safety National
Law (ACT), section 68; or
(ii) a condition or restriction of the person’s accreditation
under the Rail Safety National Law (ACT), section 71.
Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.
(5) In this section:
accreditation, to operate a light rail service, means accreditation
under the Rail Safety National Law (ACT) to operate the service.