Rail Safety National Law Application Act 2024

 

Rail Safety National Law Application Act 2024

Contents

Part 1 — Preliminary

1.Short title1

2.Commencement1

3.Terms used1

4.Act binds Crown1

Notes

Compilation table1

Uncommenced provisions table1

Defined terms

 

Rail Safety National Law Application Act 2024

An Act —

·to apply the Rail Safety National Law (with modifications) as a law of the State; and

·to repeal the Rail Safety National Law (WA) Act 2015, the Rail Safety National Law (WA) (Alcohol and Drug Testing) Regulations 2015 and the Rail Safety National Law (WA) Regulations 2015; and

·to make consequential amendments to various other Acts; and

·for related purposes.

 

 

Part 1 — Preliminary

1.Short title

This is the Rail Safety National Law Application Act 2024.

2.Commencement

This Act comes into operation as follows —

(a)Part 1 — on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent;

(b)the rest of the Act — on a day fixed by proclamation, and different days may be fixed for different provisions.

3.Terms used

(1)In this Act —

amending Act means a South Australian Act that receives the Royal Assent after 20 June 2023 and —

(a)amends the Schedule to the Rail Safety National Law (South Australia) Act 2012 (South Australia); or

(b)amends the Rail Safety National Regulations;

commencement day means the day on which section 5 comes into operation;

Commissioner of Police means the person holding or acting in the office of Commissioner of Police under the Police Act 1892;

local regulations means regulations made under section 47;

Rail Safety National Law (WA) means the provisions applying in the State because of section 5;

Rail Safety National Regulations has the meaning given in section 12(1);

Rail Safety National Regulations (WA) means the provisions applying as subsidiary legislation for the purposes of the Rail Safety National Law (WA) because of section 12.

(2)A reference in this Act to regulations made under a South Australian Act is a reference to regulations to the extent the regulations are made or amended by a provision of the South Australian Act.

(3)If a term used in this Act is given a meaning in the Rail Safety National Law (WA), it has the same meaning in this Act.

4.Act binds Crown

This Act binds the Crown in right of Western Australia and, so far as the legislative power of the Parliament permits, the Crown in all its other capacities.

[Parts 2-5 have not come into operation.]

 

Notes

This is a compilation of the Rail Safety National Law Application Act 2024. For provisions that have come into operation see the compilation table. For provisions that have not yet come into operation see the uncommenced provisions table.

Compilation table

Short title

Number and year

Assent

Commencement

Rail Safety National Law Application Act 2024 Pt. 1

7 of 2024

26 Mar 2024

26 Mar 2024 (see s. 2(a))

Uncommenced provisions table

To view the text of the uncommenced provisions see Acts as passed on the WA Legislation website.

Short title

Number and year

Assent

Commencement

Rail Safety National Law Application Act 2024 (other than Pt. 1)

7 of 2024

26 Mar 2024

To be proclaimed (see s. 2(b))

 

 

Defined terms

 

[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]

Defined termProvision(s)

amending Act3(1)

commencement day3(1)

Commissioner of Police3(1)

local regulations3(1)

Rail Safety National Law (WA)3(1)

Rail Safety National Regulations3(1)

Rail Safety National Regulations (WA)3(1)

 

 

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