Western Australian Consolidated Acts

RAIL FREIGHT SYSTEM ACT 2000 - NOTES

Notes

¹ This reprint is a compilation as at 3 February 2012 of the Rail Freight System Act 2000 and includes the amendments made by the other written laws referred to in the following table. The table also contains information about any reprint.

Compilation table

Short title	Number and year	Assent	Commencement
Rail Freight System Act 2000	13 of 2000	8 Jun 2000	s. 1 and 2: 8 Jun 2000; Act other than s. 1 and 2, Pt. 5 Div. 1 and 6 and s. 91(1)(a) and (b) and 93: 30 Jun 2000 (see s. 2(1) and Gazette 30 Jun 2000 p. 3397); Pt. 5 Div. 1 and 6: 1 Jul 2000 (see s. 2(2) and Gazette 30 Jun 2000 p. 3397); s. 91(1)(a) and (b) and 93: 1 Sep 2001 (see s. 2(5)-(7) and Gazette 28 Aug 2001 p. 4795)
Railways (Access) Amendment Act 2000 s. 13	55 of 2000	28 Nov 2000	28 Nov 2000 (see s. 2)
Corporations (Consequential Amendments) Act 2001 Pt. 46	10 of 2001	28 Jun 2001	15 Jul 2001 (see s. 2 and Gazette 29 Jun 2001 p. 3257 and Cwlth Gazette 13 Jul 2001 No. S285)
Public Transport Authority Act 2003 Pt. 8 Div. 4 5	31 of 2003	26 May 2003	1 Jul 2003 (see s. 2(1) and Gazette 27 Jun 2003 p. 2384)
Reprint 1: The Rail Freight System Act 2000 as at 21 Jan 2005 (includes amendments listed above)
Planning and Development (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2005 s. 15	38 of 2005	12 Dec 2005	9 Apr 2006 (see s. 2 and Gazette 21 Mar 2006 p. 1078)
Financial Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2006 s. 4 and Sch. 1 cl. 144	77 of 2006	21 Dec 2006	1 Feb 2007 (see s. 2(1) and Gazette 19 Jan 2007 p. 137)
Rail Safety Act 2010 Pt. 11 Div. 4	18 of 2010	28 Jun 2010	1 Feb 2011 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 28 Jan 2011 p. 241)
Standardisation of Formatting Act 2010 s. 51	19 of 2010	28 Jun 2010	11 Sep 2010 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 10 Sep 2010 p. 4341)
Statutes (Repeals and Minor Amendments) Act 2011 s. 16	47 of 2011	25 Oct 2011	26 Oct 2011 (see s. 2(b))
Reprint 2: The Rail Freight System Act 2000 as at 3 Feb 2012 (includes amendments listed above)

² The provisions in this Act amending other Acts have been omitted under the Reprints Act 1984 s. 7(4)(e).

³ Formerly referred to the Government Railways (Access) Act 1998 the short title of which was changed to the Railways (Access) Act 1998 by s. 62 of this Act. The reference was changed under the Reprints Act 1984 s. 7(3)(gb).

⁴ Repealed by the National Rail Corporation Agreement Repeal Act 1999.

⁵ The Public Transport Authority Act 2003 Pt. 7 Div. 3, 5, and 6 deal with transitional matters.

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 Term Provision(s)
asset 22
assignee 22
Authority 3
Authority land 31
Authority’s rail freight business 3
company 12(10)
confidential information 12(10)
corridor land 3
corridor land order 3
director 12(10)
eligible company 13(2)(a)
former Government railway land 42(7)
Government railway 8(6)
initial order 39(1)
involved in providing train services 12(10)
liability 22
relevant official 28(3), 41(6)
relevant property 28(3)
right 22
specified 24(2)
standard gauge corridor land 12(10)
to control 12(10)
train services 12(10)
transfer order 22
transfer time 22