Government Railways (Access) Bill 1998

Bill No.

150

Long Title

The Bill will -
provide for the establishment of a Rail Access Code to govern the use of government railways for rail operations by persons other than the Western Australian Government Railways Commission ("Westrail"); designate a regulator with monitoring and enforcing functions relating to the implementation of the Code; specify the kind of administrative arrangements that Westrail is to have in place for the purposes of the implementation; amend the National Rail Corporation Agreement Act 1992 to enable National Rail to compete for intra-state services on equal footing with other operators; and
consequentially amend the WA Government Railways Act 1904 to remove existing barriers to competition.

Status

Referred to Standing Committee on Constitutional Affairs 07/10/1998
This Act comes into operation on a day fixed by Proclamation

Current Bill

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Previous Versions of this Bill

Progress

Legislative Council

Date

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