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Railway Safety Act, 2024 (Act No. 30 of 2024)Chapter 1 : Interpretation, Application and Objects2. Application of Act |
| (1) | This Act applies to— |
| (a) | railway or railway operations with a track gauge equal to or wider than 600 millimetres, subject to paragraph (b); and |
| (b) | any railway or railway operation designed to transport passengers or freight by rail, declared by the Minister by notice in the Gazette to be a railway or railway operation for the purposes of this Act. |
| (2) | This Act does not apply to— |
| (a) | a railway or railway operation in a mine which is underground and to which the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act or the Mine Health and Safety Act applies; |
| (b) | a railway or railway operation at an amusement park; |
| (d) | a ship to shore crane or a rail-mounted gantry crane, or the track or other infrastructure utilised by such a crane, the installation or operation of which has been approved by the authority contemplated in sections 3 and 4 of the National Ports Act, 2005 (Act No. 12 of 2005): Provided that such a crane, track or other infrastructure may not be linked to a system or a track that is used by rolling stock, in which case this Act applies; or |
| (e) | any railway or railway operation exempted in accordance with section 4, to the extent of that exemption. |
