Railways Act 1991 · Updated to 1 Sep 2012 · Part VIII · Accidents
49. Power to make regulations relating to notices of accident, etc.
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Director General
“Director General” means the Director General of Railways appointed under section 3;
the forms of the notices mentioned in section 45, and the particulars of the accident which those notices are to contain;
the class of accidents in respect of which notice is to be sent by any form of telecommunication immediately after the accident has occurred;
the duties of railway officials or police officers on the occurrence of an accident; and
railway
“railway” means any kind of railway for the public carriage of passengers or goods or both, or any portion thereof, and includes— (a) all rails, beams, cables, sidings, or branches worked over for the purposes of, or in connection with, a railway; (b) all rolling-stock used for the purposes of traffic; and (c) in so far as the context allows, a railway under construction by or for any railway company, but does not include— (d) the Sabah Railway; (e) any railway used or, in the case of a railway to be constructed, intended to be used, by any person for the carriage of goods within any premises occupied by such person; and (f) any railway used or, in the case of a railway to be constructed, intended to be used, wholly or mainly for the carriage of passengers within any amusement or recreational premises;
the procedures of any inquiry into an accident.