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Transport Administration Act 1988
37AObjectives of NSW Trains
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#### 37A Objectives of NSW Trains
37A Objectives of NSW Trains
> > (1) The principal objective of NSW Trains is to deliver safe and reliable NSW railway passenger services (including services outside NSW originating or terminating inside NSW) in an efficient, effective and financially responsible manner.
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> > (2) The other objectives of NSW Trains are as follows—
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> > > (a) to be a successful business and, to that end—
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> > > > (i) to operate at least as efficiently as any comparable business, and
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> > > > (ii) to maximise the net worth of the State’s investment in NSW Trains,
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> > > (b) to exhibit a sense of social responsibility by having regard to the interests of the community in which it operates,
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> > > (c) where its activities affect the environment, to conduct its operations in compliance with the principles of ecologically sustainable development contained in section 6(2) of the [Protection of the Environment Administration Act 1991](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1991-060),
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> > > (d) to exhibit a sense of responsibility towards regional development and decentralisation in the way in which it operates.
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> > (3) The other objectives of NSW Trains are of equal importance, but are not as important as the principal objective of the corporation.
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> **s 37A:** Ins 1993 No 50, Sch 3. Am 2002 No 96, Sch 7.6 \[1\]. Rep 2003 No 65, Sch 1 \[9\]. Ins 2017 No 12, Sch 1.1 \[14\].