Rail Infrastructure (Rail Network) Order 2024
I make the following order under sections 7 and 49 of the Rail Infrastructure Act 2007 .
4 October 2024ERIC ABETZ
Minister for Transport
This order may be cited as the Rail Infrastructure (Rail Network) Order 2024 .
This order takes effect on the day on which its making is notified in the Gazette.
The Acts Interpretation Act 1931 applies to the interpretation of this order as if this order were regulations.
In this order, the Rail Infrastructure Act 2007 is referred to as the Principal Act.
5. Schedule 1 amended (The Rail Network)
Schedule 1 to the Principal Act is amended by omitting item 5 from Part 1 and substituting:5. The South Line (being the railway running from McVilly Drive to Western Junction, other than –(a) the part of that railway that forms, under the Strategic Infrastructure Corridors (Strategic and Recreational Use) Act 2016 , the strategic infrastructure corridor, known as the South Corridor from Elwick Road to Mentmore Street, designated on Plan 10597 in the Central Plan Register; and(b) the part of that railway from the Bridgewater causeway on the south side of the River Derwent to Granton, as designated on Plan 11477 in the Central Plan Register).
6. Revocation of designation of ownership
(1) In so far as it relates to the portion of railway specified in Plan No. 11477 in the Central Plan Register, the designation of Tasmanian Railway Pty Ltd (CAN 139 383 761) as Rail Infrastructure Owner is revoked.(2) All rail infrastructure associated with that portion of railway is transferred to the Crown.
Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.
Notified in the Gazette on 6 November 2024
This order is administered in the Department of State Growth.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the order)
This order –(a) removes from the rail network under the Rail Infrastructure Act 2007 that portion of the South Line designated in Plan No. 11477 in the Central Plan Register; and(b) revokes the designation of Tasmanian Railway Pty Ltd as the Rail Infrastructure Owner in respect of that portion of railway; and(c) transfers ownership of the associated rail infrastructure to the Crown.