New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

STATE ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING POLICY (INFRASTRUCTURE) 2007 - REG 78

78 Definitions

(1) In this Division--

"ARTC" means Australian Rail Track Corporation Ltd (ACN 081 455 754).

"ARTC arrangement" means a lease, licence agreement or other arrangement under Part 8A of the Transport Administration Act 1988 .

"freight" includes livestock, containers, liquids, materials, plant and equipment, vehicles and vessels.

"Interim Metro Corridor" means land shown on a rail corridors map as--

(a) CBD Metro (Zone A--Above Ground Including Cut & Cover Tunnel), or

(b) CBD Metro (Zone B--Tunnel), or

(c) CBD Metro Station Extent.

"interim rail corridor" means the Interim Metro Corridor or the Interim Rail Link Corridor.

"Interim Rail Link Corridor" means land shown on a rail corridors map as--

(a) CBD Rail Link (Zone B--Tunnel), or

"major development" has the same meaning it has in Part 4 of the City of Sydney Act 1988 .

"prescribed zone" means any of the following land use zones or a land use zone that is equivalent to any of those zones--

(a) IN1 General Industrial,

(b) IN2 Light Industrial,

(c) IN3 Heavy Industrial,

(d) SP1 Special Activities,

(e) SP2 Infrastructure.

"rail authority" for a rail corridor means--

(a) in relation to a rail corridor that is vested in or owned by ARTC or is the subject of an ARTC arrangement--ARTC, and

(b) in relation to any other rail corridor--Transport for NSW.

"rail corridor" means land--

(a) that is owned, leased, managed or controlled by a public authority for the purpose of a railway or rail infrastructure facilities, or

(b) that is zoned under an environmental planning instrument predominantly or solely for development for the purpose of a railway or rail infrastructure facilities, or

(c) in respect of which the Minister has granted approval under Part 3A or Division 5.2 or (before its repeal) Division 4 of Part 5 of the Act, or consent under Part 4 of the Act, for the carrying out of development (or for a concept plan for a project comprising or including development) for the purpose of a railway or rail infrastructure facilities.

Note : Copies of the Minister's approvals are available on the website of the Department of Planning and Environment.

"rail corridors map" means the maps marked as follows and held in the head office of the Department of Planning and Environment--

(a) State Environmental Planning Policy (Infrastructure) 2007--Interim Rail Corridor--CBD Rail Link & CBD Metro .

"rail infrastructure facilities" include--

(a) railway tracks, associated track structures, cuttings, drainage systems, fences, tunnels, ventilation shafts, emergency accessways, bridges, embankments, level crossings and roads, pedestrian and cycleway facilities, and

(b) signalling, train control, communication and security systems, and

(c) power supply (including overhead power supply) systems, and

(d) railway stations, station platforms and areas in a station complex that commuters use to get access to the platforms, and

(e) public amenities for commuters, and

(f) associated public transport facilities for railway stations, and

(g) facilities for the assembly, maintenance and stabling of rolling stock, and

(g1) facilities for the dismantling and stabling of rolling stock taken out of service, and

(h) refuelling depots, garages, maintenance facilities and storage facilities that are for the purposes of a railway, and

(i) railway workers' facilities, and

(j) rail freight terminals, sidings and freight intermodal facilities, and

(k) buildings for or related to railway purposes,

but do not include buildings or works that are for residential, retail or business purposes and unrelated to railway purposes.

"RailCorp" means Rail Corporation New South Wales constituted under the Transport Administration Act 1988 .

(2) A reference in this Division to rail infrastructure facilities includes a reference to any facilities, buildings, works or infrastructure related to light rail purposes.