Western Australian Consolidated Acts

RAIL FREIGHT SYSTEM ACT 2000 - SECT 9

9 .         Relationship with other Acts

        (1)         If anything in this Act or regulations made under it is inconsistent with anything in —

            (a)         the Rail Safety Act 2010 or subsidiary legislation made under it; or

            (b)         the Railways (Access) Act 1998  ³ or subsidiary legislation made under it,

                the legislation described in paragraph (a) or (b) prevails.

        (2)         Nothing in this Act affects —

            (a)         a right conferred under section 34 of the Dampier to Bunbury Pipeline Act 1997 before the commencement of this Part, whether or not the right has been assigned or the period for which it is to apply has been extended; or

            (b)         the provisions of the Dampier to Bunbury Pipeline Act 1997 in so far as they relate to a right described in paragraph (a); or

            (c)         a right conferred under the Energy Coordination Act 1994 , before the commencement of this Part, on the holder of a licence referred to in section 11D(1)(a) of that Act.

        (3)         A reference in subsection (2) to a right conferred before the commencement of this Part includes a reference to a right subsequently conferred to the extent that it is in continuation of, and the same as, the former right.

        [Section 9 amended by No. 18 of 2010 s. 269.]