Western Australian Numbered Acts

RAIL SAFETY ACT 2010 (NO. 18 OF 2010) - SECT 32

32 .         Accreditation required for railway operations

        (1)         A person must not carry out, or cause or permit to be carried out, any railway operations unless the person —

            (a)         is a rail transport operator who —

                  (i)         is accredited under this Part in relation to those operations; or

                  (ii)         is exempt under this Act from compliance with this section in relation to those operations;

                or

            (b)         is carrying out those operations, or causing or permitting those operations to be carried out, for or on behalf of —

                  (i)         a rail transport operator who is accredited under this Part in relation to those operations; or

                  (ii)         a rail transport operator who is exempt under this Act from compliance with this section in relation to those operations;

                or

            (c)         is exempt under this Act from compliance with this section in relation to those operations.

        Penalty:

            (a)         for an individual —

                  (i)         for a first offence, a fine of $55 000;

                  (ii)         for a second or subsequent offence, a fine of $82 000;

            (b)         for a body corporate —

                  (i)         for a first offence, a fine of $550 000;

                  (ii)         for a second or subsequent offence, a fine of $820 000.

        (2)         Subsection (1) does not apply to a rail safety worker, not being a rail transport operator, carrying out rail safety work for or on behalf of a rail transport operator who —

            (a)         is accredited under this Part; or

            (b)         is exempt under this Act from compliance with this section in relation to that rail safety work.