Railways Act 1991 · Updated to 1 Sep 2012 · Part IV · Construction and Works
20. Occupation crossings
Feedback & supportThe Director General may, at any time, by notification in the Gazette declare any road or path which a railway track crosses to be an “occupation crossing”.
Director General
“Director General” means the Director General of Railways appointed under section 3;
When any such declaration has been made, the railway company shall provide, at such occupation crossing, gates or barriers across the road or path, which shall not be capable of closing across the railway track, and which shall be kept locked when not in use. The keys of such gates or barriers shall be kept by a railway official.
railway company
“railway company” includes any person or persons, whether incorporated or not, who are owners or lessees of a railway or parties to an agreement for working a railway;
Notwithstanding subsection (2), duplicates of the keys of the gates or barriers of any occupation crossing may be entrusted
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by the railway company to any person having frequent occasion to use such occupation crossing and such keys shall be retained and used by that person for such period and subject to such conditions as the railway company may determine.
The railway company may, from time to time, define the hours suitable for the opening of the gates and barriers of any occupation crossing, and the gates or barriers shall only be opened by the railway official with whom the keys of such gates or barriers are kept at the times so defined by the railway company.
railway official
“railway official” means any person employed by or on behalf of any railway company to perform any function in connection with a railway;
Any person, not being a person to whom the keys of the gates or barriers are entrusted under subsection (3), who intends to use an occupation crossing outside the hours defined under subsection (4), shall give to the railway official with whom the keys of the gates and barriers are kept, notice of his intention to do so.