Committee Details

Committee Report

The Committee tabled its Report No. 26, 55th Parliament -  Rail Safety National Law (Queensland) Bill 2016 on 24 October 2016. The Bill was passed on 28 February 2017.

View:   Report No. 26, 55th Parliament -  Rail Safety National Law (Queensland) Bill 2016
View:   Minister’s speech introducing the Bill into the Queensland Parliament 
View:   Rail Safety National Law (Queensland) Bill 2016
View:   Explanatory Notes to the Rail Safety National Law (Queensland) Bill 2016  

About the Bill

The purpose of the Bill is to adopt national rail safety regulation and investigation reforms by applying the Rail Safety National Law as the law of Queensland and establishing the Office of the National Rail Safety Regulator as the rail safety regulator in Queensland.

The Bill proposes to: 

• apply the Rail Safety National Law, as modified by the Bill, as a law of Queensland
• repeal the Transport (Rail Safety) Act 2010
• define a number of terms to aid in the interpretation of the Rail Safety National Law in the Queensland context
• provide for drug and alcohol testing of rail safety workers using procedures that are consistent with the procedures used by the police under the Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995 and
• provide transitional arrangements

Inquiry Timeline

Public Briefing:            Wednesday 12 October 2016 - transcript
Submissions closed:    Wednesday 28 September 2016 - see "view submissions" tab above
Report tabled:              Monday 24 October 2016 - report