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December 2009
 







 

 
 

 
 

 

What's new at Environment Essentials

SafetyLaw Rail has now been published for NSW.

It provides plain English summaries of NSW rail safety legal obligations from:

  • Rail Safety Act 2008
  • Rail Safety (General) Regulation 2008
  • Rail Safety (Drug and Alcohol Testing) Regulation 2008.
Obligations SafetyLaw Rail summarises obligations related to:
  • rolling stock
  • signalling and communications
  • maintenance
  • managing and monitoring passenger safety.
Topic groupings

As with SafetyLaw, legal obligations in SafetyLaw Rail are grouped into two menus:

    1. Systems menu, with categories which reflect AS 4801 elements (eg. records, risk control)

    2. Activities menu, with categories for specific rail safety issues (eg. communication systems, network rules).
Features SafetyLaw Rail includes:
  • plain English summaries of obligations, grouped by category
  • reference to the source legislation for each obligation
  • links to individual sections and regulations (in full text) from legislation
  • hyperlinks to referenced Acts, Regulations, and ITSRR guidelines
  • lists of due diligence publications (eg Australian standards, guidelines), hyperlinked when the document is publicly available
  • comprehensive index for easy searching
  • contact details for our help desk service.

Demonstration

If you would like a demonstration of SafetyLaw Rail, please contact us.

To view a demonstration version of SafetyLaw Rail yourself:

1. Go to www.enviroessentials.com.au.

2. In the left hand panel, you will be asked to either click continue or enter a username and password.

3a. If you are asked to continue:

  • click continue
  • to the right of your organisation logo, click 'Remove auto login'
  • enter username acme and password lunar*
3b. If you are asked to enter a username and password, enter username acme and password lunar*

4. Under the SafetyLaw logo, under New South Wales, click on Rail Safety.

* This is valid until 11 April. For access after this date, please contact us.
Other jurisdictions

We are taking expressions of interest for summaries of rail safety legislation in other jurisdictions. If you would like another jurisdiction summarised, please contact us.

 

Further information

 

For further information, please contact us.

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The Bulletin is not intended to and does not provide professional legal advice. It is a general guide to the main obligations under occupational health and safety, environmental and related legislation. No person should act solely on the basis of the information contained in or omitted from this Bulletin without obtaining appropriate professional legal advice about the obligations in the specific circumstances. Environment Essentials and its employees disclaim all liability and responsibility for any direct or indirect loss or damage which may be suffered through relying solely on any information contained in or omitted from this Bulletin. ©Environment Essentials 2007.