Re: [General] Rules & Regulations under privatization

["keith malcolm" <kmalcolm@tpg.com.au>]

Maurie Daly <mauried@tpg.com.au> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 23 Jan 2001 17:30:14 +1100, "keith malcolm"
> <kmalcolm@tpg.com.au> wrote:
>
> >
> >Maurie Daly <mauried@tpg.com.au> wrote in message
> >3a6cfc2a.25305038@can-news.tpg.com.au">news:3a6cfc2a.25305038@can-news.tpg.com.au...
> >> On Tue, 23 Jan 2001 12:16:13 +1100, robson <robson@cia.com.au> wrote:
> >>
> >> Since the NSW DOT administers the NSW Safety Act ,it should be the NSW
> >> DOT that writes the rules and regulations,not the Rail Infrastructure
> >> Corporation who are simply a rail owner.
> >>
> >> MD
> >>
> >
> >The thing most people don't realise is, the DOT are purely a regulator,
they
> >oversee RIC as well as the operators. All owners, operators, and
maintainers
> >have to be accredited with the DOT, and work under their own
accreditation
> >agreements. Once each operator is accredited, the DOT only regulate each
> >operator to their individual documents.  The rules and reg's are devised
by
> >the railway owner (RIC on the state system, BHP on their internal system
> >etc). Each operator is accredited by the DOT as a NSW operator, this
doesn't
> >necessarily mean you can run on RIC or any other owners lines, you must
also
> >be accredited by the owner. It is, IMO, a bit of an over regulated
bullshit
> >system.
> >
>
> The problem with the above is that who is the owner of RIC or of SRA
> or of Freightcorp, ie who exactly is NSW DOT regulating?
> In the case of where the NSW Govt is both owner and regulator and
> where the Minister or Transport is both administering the Act and also
> is the owner of the various Govt Rail organizations , then we have the
> ludicrous situation of the Minister is regulating his own Rail
> Authorities and Corporations ..
> Sir Humphrey would be pleased.
>
> MD
>
>

Yes, exactly.

The system seems to me to be setup for all owners, operators and maintainers
to be independent of the government. This of course hasn't happened.

Dave Malcolm