Western Australian Numbered Acts

RAIL SAFETY ACT 2010 (NO. 18 OF 2010) - SECT 218

218 .         Immunity for reporting unfit rail safety worker

        (1)         In this section —

        person to whom this section applies means —

            (a)         a medical practitioner as defined in the Medical Practitioners Act 2008 section 4; or

            (b)         an optometrist as defined in the Optometrists Act 2005 section 3; or

            (c)         a physiotherapist as defined in the Physiotherapists Act 2005 section 3.

        (2)         No action may be taken against a person to whom this section applies who, in good faith, reports to —

            (a)         an independent investigator; or

            (b)         the Rail Safety Regulator; or

            (c)         a rail transport operator; or

            (d)         any other person to whom this section applies who is employed or engaged by the Rail Safety Regulator or a rail transport operator,

                any information which discloses that a person is unfit to carry out rail safety work or certain types of rail safety work or that it may be dangerous to allow that person to carry out rail safety work or certain types of rail safety work.

        (3)         No action may be taken against a person to whom this section applies who, in good faith, reports —

            (a)         the results of a test or examination carried out under this Act; or

            (b)         an opinion formed by that person as a result of conducting such a test or examination,

                to a person referred to in subsection (2)(b), (c) or (d).