Transport Administration Amendment (Closure of Railway Line at Newcastle) Act 2015 No 32

An Act to amend the Transport Administration Act 1988 to authorise the closure of the railway line from Wickham to Newcastle.

1 Name of Act

This Act is the Transport Administration Amendment (Closure of Railway Line at Newcastle) Act 2015.

2 Commencement

This Act commences on the date of assent to this Act.

3 Amendment of Transport Administration Act 1988 No 109

Schedule 7 Savings, transitional and other provisions Insert at the end of the Schedule, with appropriate Part and clause numbering:

  

Part Provisions authorising closure of railway line

Closure of railway line

(1)  For the purposes of section 99A, a rail infrastructure owner is authorised to close the whole or any part of the railway line that runs from Railway Street, Wickham, to Newcastle railway station, corner of Scott and Watt Streets, Newcastle.

(2)  Accordingly, a rail infrastructure owner authorised under subclause (1) may sell or otherwise dispose of the land concerned and remove the railway tracks and other works concerned.

Application

This Part extends to any action taken by a rail infrastructure owner before the commencement of this Part.