Victorian Current Acts

WATER ACT 1989 - SECT 137B

    (1)     An Authority must, before carrying out works on land on which there is rail infrastructure or rolling stock, notify the owner or occupier of that land of the Authority's intention to carry out those works if the carrying out of those works will threaten, or is likely to threaten, the safety of that rail infrastructure or rolling stock.

Penalty:     300 penalty units.

S. 137B(2) substituted by No. 22/2013 s. 78.

    (2)     In this section—

S. 137B(2) def. of rail infrastructure substituted by No. 41/2019 s. 117(Sch.  1 item 13.3(a)).

"rail infrastructure" has the same meaning as in section 4(1) of the Rail Safety National Law (Victoria);

S. 137B(2) def. of rolling stock substituted by No. 41/2019 s. 117(Sch.  1 item 13.3(b)).

"rolling stock" has the same meaning as in section 4(1) of the Rail Safety National Law (Victoria).

S. 137C inserted by No. 9/2006 s. 161, substituted by No. 22/2013 s. 79.