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Surat Basin Rail (Infrastructure Development and Management) Act 2012
sec.3Object of Act and its achievement
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### sec.3 Object of Act and its achievement
The object of this Act is to facilitate the development and operation of the railway.
The object is intended to be achieved primarily by—
providing that particular provisions of the Land Title Act 1994 and the Property Law Act 2023 do not apply to a railway lease declared under part 2 to be an exempt lease; and
providing a framework to—
allow the railway to be constructed and maintained in an effective and efficient way; and
allow railway operators to operate rolling stock on the railway in an effective and efficient way; and
allow railway managers to manage rail transport infrastructure in an effective and efficient way; and
allow the railway to be managed and operated in an effective and efficient way; and
providing for the safety of the railway and persons at, on or near the railway by imposing requirements and establishing offences directed at ensuring the safety.
s 3 amd 2023 No. 27 s 289 sch 3
(sec.3-ssec.1) The object of this Act is to facilitate the development and operation of the railway.
(sec.3-ssec.2) The object is intended to be achieved primarily by— providing that particular provisions of the Land Title Act 1994 and the Property Law Act 2023 do not apply to a railway lease declared under part 2 to be an exempt lease; and providing a framework to— allow the railway to be constructed and maintained in an effective and efficient way; and allow railway operators to operate rolling stock on the railway in an effective and efficient way; and allow railway managers to manage rail transport infrastructure in an effective and efficient way; and allow the railway to be managed and operated in an effective and efficient way; and providing for the safety of the railway and persons at, on or near the railway by imposing requirements and establishing offences directed at ensuring the safety.
- (a) providing that particular provisions of the Land Title Act 1994 and the Property Law Act 2023 do not apply to a railway lease declared under part 2 to be an exempt lease; and
- (b) providing a framework to— (i) allow the railway to be constructed and maintained in an effective and efficient way; and (ii) allow railway operators to operate rolling stock on the railway in an effective and efficient way; and (iii) allow railway managers to manage rail transport infrastructure in an effective and efficient way; and (iv) allow the railway to be managed and operated in an effective and efficient way; and
- (i) allow the railway to be constructed and maintained in an effective and efficient way; and
- (ii) allow railway operators to operate rolling stock on the railway in an effective and efficient way; and
- (iii) allow railway managers to manage rail transport infrastructure in an effective and efficient way; and
- (iv) allow the railway to be managed and operated in an effective and efficient way; and
- (c) providing for the safety of the railway and persons at, on or near the railway by imposing requirements and establishing offences directed at ensuring the safety.
- (i) allow the railway to be constructed and maintained in an effective and efficient way; and
- (ii) allow railway operators to operate rolling stock on the railway in an effective and efficient way; and
- (iii) allow railway managers to manage rail transport infrastructure in an effective and efficient way; and
- (iv) allow the railway to be managed and operated in an effective and efficient way; and