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Transport Administration Act 1988
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#### 88K Rail access obligations and functions
88K Rail access obligations and functions
> > (1) ARTC is to provide persons with access under any current NSW rail access undertaking to any part of the NSW rail network for which it is a rail infrastructure owner.
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> > ARTC’s rail access obligations are also set out in section 99C and Schedule 6AA.
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> > (2) A rail authority may authorise ARTC to act as the agent of the rail authority or to provide other services to the rail authority for the purpose of selling access to parts of the NSW rail network.
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> > (3) For the purposes of section 24A of the [Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal Act 1992](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1992-039), ARTC is, in respect of rail infrastructure facilities subject to an ARTC lease or licence, taken to be a government agency that provides services by means of rail infrastructure facilities.
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> > Note.
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> > The effect of this provision is that disputes relating to rail infrastructure access involving ARTC may be referred to arbitration.
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> **ss 88J–88M:** Ins 2004 No 31, Sch 1 \[13\].