Victorian Numbered Regulations

RAIL SAFETY (LOCAL OPERATIONS) (ACCREDITATION AND SAFETY) REGULATIONS 2017 (SR NO 77 OF 2017) - REG 7

    (1)     For the purposes of section 7 of the Act, the following work, if not undertaken on railway premises, is not rail safety work for the purposes of Part 6 of the Act and Part 4—

        (a)     designing—

              (i)     rolling stock; or

              (ii)     civil or electric traction infrastructure; or

              (iii)     signalling or telecommunications systems;

        (b)     any work relating to the design of rail infrastructure or associated works, or equipment;

        (c)     any work involving the development of safe working systems for railways.

    (2)     For the purposes of section 7 of the Act, maintaining, monitoring or inspecting rail infrastructure or associated works for the purpose of assessing or undertaking fire prevention work is not rail safety work for the purposes of Division 2 of Part 5.

    (3)     For the purposes of section 7 of the Act, monitoring, inspecting or testing of—

        (a)     rolling stock; or

        (b)     civil or electric traction infrastructure; or

        (c)     signalling or telecommunications systems—

is not rail safety work if undertaken by a transport safety officer for compliance and investigative purposes.

    (4)     In this regulation "compliance and investigative purposes" has the same meaning as in section 3 of the Transport (Safety Schemes Compliance and Enforcement) Act 2014 .

Division 1—Exemption from accreditation