Re: [General] Rules & Regulations under privatization

["f.u.i.t.b.e.t" <fuitbet@yahoo.com.au>]

Of course there is, or do you think we all just make our own arrangements?
You know sometimes, you have bursts of intelligence however this is not one
of those times.....remember clutch in and put brain into first gear before
opening mouth.
"Ronald BESDANSKY" <ronbest@bigpond.com> wrote in message
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> When railways were operated by government agencies, the book of rules and
> regulations had legal force as a by-law of the relevant Government
Railways
> Act (or whatever), and it bound employees of the railway authority and
> specified how they were to behave in various situations. What happens
(e.g.
> in Victoria) now - how are the rules given legal force? Is there an
> equivalent of the various Road traffic Acts, which apply to all road
users.
> regardless of who owns the vehicle or the "track"?
>
> What about in (say) NSW, where the government owns the track but it and
> private train operators use it?
>
> Rgds
>
> Ron Besdansky
> (Computer system project manager and rail enthusiast)
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