access purchaser means a person who has contracted with a rail infrastructure owner in respect of the operation of rolling stock.
activation, of a public space, means the carrying out of works or activities to enhance the functionality of, or the conduct of human activity or operations within, the space, including works or activities to promote the following—
(a) the quality, amenity, vibrancy, accessibility, built form, infrastructure and perceptions of safety of the space,
(b) the resilience of individuals, communities, institutions, businesses and systems in relation to the space,
(c) the use of technology, and the collection and use of data, in and about the space,
(d) events in and about the space.
active transport means the movement of people, or people and goods, by the following—
(a) one or more modes of transport, powered or partially powered by human activity, including by the following modes—
(i) walking,
(ii) running,
(iii) cycling,
(iv) scootering,
(v) skating,
(vi) the use of a manual wheelchair,
(b) the use of a micromobility device,
Example—
an e-scooter
(c) the use of a motorised mobility device.
Example—
a motorised wheelchair or a mobility scooter
Advisory Board means the Transport Advisory Board established under Part 5.
ARTC means the Australian Rail Track Corporation Ltd (ACN 081 455 754).
ARTC arrangement means a lease, licence, agreement or other arrangement under Part 8A.
ARTC lease or licence means a lease or licence under Part 8A.
bus service includes any road transport service for the carriage of passengers (except a railway service).
Chief Investigator means the Chief Investigator of the Office of Transport Safety Investigations appointed under section 45.
country rail area means that part of the NSW rail network not within the metropolitan rail area.
ferry service means any ferry service for the carriage of passengers.
Independent Transport Safety Advisory Board means the Independent Transport Safety Advisory Board established under this Act.
light rail services—see section 104M.
light rail system—see section 104N.
metro means a mass transit infrastructure system, and associated facilities, that—
(a) provides high-frequency, high-capacity passenger services, and
(b) is operated using automated or partly-automated systems from one or more central control points.
metro assets means assets (including transport infrastructure, transport vehicles and rolling stock) used for or in connection with or to facilitate the movement of persons by means of a metro.
metro passenger service means a passenger service provided by a metro.
metropolitan rail area—see section 3A.
mode shift, in relation to transport, means a change from the use of one mode of transport to another mode of transport.
National Heavy Vehicle Regulator means the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator established under the Heavy Vehicle National Law (NSW), section 656.
National Rail Safety Regulator means the Office of the National Rail Safety Regulator established under the Rail Safety National Law (NSW).
Newcastle ferry services means ferry services provided in Newcastle Harbour.
NSW Motorways means NSW Motorways constituted under this Act.
NSW rail access undertaking means—
(a) if an undertaking referred to in section 99C is in force under the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 of the Commonwealth, that undertaking, or
(b) in any other case, an access undertaking in force under Schedule 6AA.
NSW rail network means the railway lines vested in or owned by or managed or controlled by a rail infrastructure owner (including passing loops and turnouts from those lines and loops and associated rail infrastructure facilities that are so vested or owned or managed or controlled), but does not include any part of a metro.
NSW Trains means NSW Trains constituted under this Act.
public space means a space that is open to the public, or is used by the public, for no payment of money or other consideration.
Note—
Public spaces may include public open spaces, public facilities and streets.
public transport agency means TfNSW, the State Transit Authority, Sydney Ferries, Sydney Metro, NSW Trains, Sydney Trains and their public or private subsidiary corporations.
rail infrastructure facilities—
(a) includes railway track, associated track structures, over track structures, cuttings, drainage works, track support earthworks and fences, tunnels, bridges, level crossings, service roads, signalling systems, train control systems, communication systems, overhead power supply systems, power and communication cables, and associated works, buildings, plant, machinery and equipment, but
(b) does not include any stations, platforms, rolling stock, rolling stock maintenance facilities, office buildings or housing, freight centres or depots, private sidings or spur lines connected to premises not vested in or owned by or managed or controlled by a rail infrastructure owner.
rail infrastructure owner means—
(a) in the case of any rail infrastructure facilities that are managed or controlled by TfNSW for the purposes of exercising its functions under this Act, TfNSW, or
(a1) in the case of any rail infrastructure facilities that are managed or controlled by NSW Trains for the purposes of exercising its functions under this Act, NSW Trains, or
(a2) in the case of any rail infrastructure facilities that are managed or controlled by Sydney Trains for the purposes of exercising its functions under this Act, Sydney Trains, or
(a3) in the case of any rail infrastructure facilities owned by TAM or vested in TAM by or under this or another Act, TAM, or
(a4) in the case of any rail infrastructure facilities that are managed or controlled by Sydney Metro for the purposes of exercising its functions under this Act, Sydney Metro, or
(b) in the case of any rail infrastructure facilities that are subject to an ARTC lease or licence or are installed, established or replaced by ARTC in or on land subject to an ARTC lease or licence, ARTC, or
(b1) (Repealed)
(c) in any other case, the person in whom ownership of rail infrastructure facilities is vested by or under this Act.
rail operator means a person who is responsible for the operation or moving, by any means, of any rolling stock on a railway track.
railway service means a railway passenger service and a metro passenger service.
rolling stock means any vehicle that operates on or uses a railway track, but does not include a vehicle designed to operate both on and off a railway track or tracks when the vehicle is not operating on a railway track or tracks.
State Transit Authority means the State Transit Authority of New South Wales constituted under this Act.
Sydney Ferries means Sydney Ferries constituted under this Act.
Sydney ferry services means ferry services provided in Sydney Harbour or the Parramatta River.
Sydney Metro means Sydney Metro constituted under this Act.
Sydney Metro Board means the board of directors of Sydney Metro.
Sydney Trains means Sydney Trains constituted under this Act.
TAM means Transport Asset Manager of New South Wales constituted under Part 2.
TAM advisory board means the TAM advisory board established under Part 2.
toll operator has the same meaning as in the Roads Act 1993.
toll road has the same meaning as in the Roads Act 1993.
toll service provider means a person that provides accounts, products or related services to enable the payment of tolls for the use of toll roads, tollways, bridges, tunnels or road-ferries by persons who are required to pay the tolls.
transport assets means assets used for or in connection with or to facilitate the movement of persons and freight by road, rail, sea, air or other mode of transport, and includes transport infrastructure.
transport district means a transport district for the time being established under section 108.
Transport for NSW (or TfNSW) means Transport for NSW constituted under this Act.
transport infrastructure means infrastructure used for or in connection with or to facilitate the movement of persons and freight by road, rail, sea, air or other mode of transport, and includes—
(a) railways and railway infrastructure, and
(b) roads and road infrastructure, and
(c) maritime infrastructure and ports, and
(d) transport safety infrastructure, and
(e) systems, works, structures, buildings, plant, machinery and equipment that are associated with or incidental to transport infrastructure.
transport legislation means the following Acts and the regulations under those Acts—
Transport Secretary means the Secretary of the Department of Transport.
Transport Service means the Transport Service of New South Wales referred to in section 68B.
transport services include railway services (including heavy rail and light rail services and metro passenger services), bus services and ferry services.
transport system means the transport services and transport infrastructure of the State for all modes of transport.
Note.
The Interpretation Act 1987 contains definitions and other provisions that affect the interpretation and application of this Act.
(2) In this Act—
(a) a reference to a function includes a reference to a power, authority and duty, and
(b) a reference to the exercise of a function includes, where the function is a duty, a reference to the performance of the duty.
(3) Notes in the text of this Act do not form part of this Act.
(4) (Repealed)
s 3: Am 1991 No 94, Sch 1; 1996 No 56, Sch 1 [2]–[5]; 1996 No 128, Sch 1 [1]; 1998 No 8, Sch 1 [2]–[5]; 2000 No 38, Sch 1 [1]; 2000 No 89, Sch 2.1 [3]–[6]; 2001 No 35, Sch 3.7 [1] [2]; 2001 No 131, Sch 1 [1]; 2003 No 65, Sch 1 [3]–[5]; 2003 No 96, Sch 1 [2]–[6]; 2003 No 99, Sch 1 [2]; 2004 No 31, Sch 1 [1]–[5]; 2005 No 55, Sch 1 [1]; 2006 No 5, Sch 1 [2]; 2007 No 22, Sch 4 [1]; 2008 No 98, Schs 1.1 [1], 3.1 [1]; 2008 No 115, Sch 1 [2]–[5]; 2010 No 31, Schs 1.1 [2] [3], 2.1 [1] [2], 3.1 [2], 4.1 [1]–[3], 6.1 [2], 7.1 [2]–[6]; 2011 No 41, Schs 1 [3]–[5], 3.1 [1]–[3], 4.1 [1] [2]; 2012 No 82, Sch 2.13 [1]; 2012 No 95, Sch 2.39 [1]; 2013 No 19, Sch 4.78 [1]; 2013 No 111, Sch 1.13 [1]; 2014 No 33, Sch 3.32 [2]; 2014 No 88, Sch 2.69; 2017 No 4, Sch 1 [1] [2]; 2017 No 12, Schs 1.1[1]–[3], 2.1[1]–[3]; 2017 No 22, Sch 1.24 [1]; 2018 No 18, Sch 1 [1]–[6]; 2019 No 19, Sch 1[1] [2]; 2021 No 9, Sch 2[1]; 2024 No 58, Schs 1.1[1], 1.2[1] [2]; 2024 No 95, Sch 1[1]; 2025 No 66, Schs 2.1[1], 3.1[1].