Rail Safety National Law
The Council of Australian Governments (COAG) committed to a national reform of rail safety regulation, which has seen the establishment of a single national rail safety regulator, the ONRSR, to administer a nationally consistent rail safety law, the Rail Safety National Law. This represents a major change in rail safety regulation which has historically been delivered by State and Territory regulators.
The Rail Safety National Law was first enacted in South Australia and each state and territory has passed a law explaining that the Rail Safety National Law (being the schedule to the South Australian law) is the rail safety law in that state or territory or replicates that law. The law establishes the ONRSR as the body responsible for rail safety regulation in that state or territory.
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Last updated: 28 February 2020
