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← Rapid Transit Systems Act 1995

Rapid Transit Systems Act 1995 s 4

s 4 Power to enter State land to lay and operate railway

4.—(1) For the purpose of constructing, maintaining and operating any railway, the Authority or any person authorised by the Authority may —(a) at any reasonable time, enter upon any State land within or adjoining the railway area; and (b) subject to the approval of the Commissioner of Lands, lay, construct and operate the railway on, under or over the State land and do all things as are reasonably necessary for the laying, construction, maintenance and operation of the railway.[9/2014; 21/2018] (2) In addition to subsection (1), the Authority may, at any reasonable time, enter upon any State land that is within or adjoining any railway area, and do all things as are reasonably necessary for the construction and maintenance of railway commuter facilities on, under or over that land.[9/2014] (3) To avoid doubt, nothing in subsection (2) derogates from any power of the Authority to construct and maintain any street, road structure or road related facility under the Street Works Act 1995.[9/2014]

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