Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

MINES SAFETY AND INSPECTION REGULATIONS 1995 - REG 15.1

15.1 .         Terms used

                In this Part, unless the contrary intention appears — 

        certificate means a certificate issued under regulation 15.7;

        controller , in relation to a railway, means the person appointed by the manager of a mine to control the movement of railway vehicles at the mine;

        in‑cab signalling means a signalling device in the cab of a locomotive that can be operated by the controller by remote control;

        locomotive means a vehicle propelled by its own motive power and running on rails which is used primarily for the haulage of wagons or other rolling stock, but does not include a special vehicle used solely for the maintenance or inspection of the rail track and which does not haul other rolling stock;

        main line means that part, or those parts, of a rail track used primarily for ore transport purposes, the limits of which are clearly marked by fixed signs in the ground adjacent to the track;

        operating rules , in relation to a railway, means the operating rules determined for the railway under regulation 15.4;

        order means an order made by a controller relating to the movement of a railway vehicle;

        railway vehicle means any vehicle that is used on a railway track;

        train means a locomotive or coupled locomotives with or without railway wagons or other rail vehicles attached thereto.