Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

SECURITY OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE ACT 2018 - SECT 12B

  (1)   An asset is a critical freight infrastructure asset if it is any of the following:

  (a)   a road network that, in accordance with subsection   (2), functions as a critical corridor for the transportation of goods between:

  (i)   2 States; or

  (ii)   a State and a Territory; or

  (iii)   2 Territories; or

  (iv)   2 regional centres;

  (b)   a rail network that, in accordance with subsection   (3), functions as a critical corridor for the transportation of goods between:

  (i)   2 States; or

  (ii)   a State and a Territory; or

  (iii)   2 Territories; or

  (iv)   2 regional centres;

  (c)   an intermodal transfer facility that, in accordance with subsection   (4), is critical to the transportation of goods between:

  (i)   2 States; or

  (ii)   a State and a Territory; or

  (iii)   2 Territories; or

  (iv)   2 regional centres.

Note:   The rules may prescribe that a specified critical freight infrastructure asset is not a critical infrastructure asset (see section   9).

  (2)   For the purposes of paragraph   (1)(a), the rules may prescribe:

  (a)   specified road networks that function as a critical corridor for the transportation of goods between:

  (i)   2 States; or

  (ii)   a State and a Territory; or

  (iii)   2 Territories; or

  (iv)   2 regional centres; or

  (b)   requirements for a road network to function as a critical corridor for the transportation of goods between:

  (i)   2 States; or

  (ii)   a State and a Territory; or

  (iii)   2 Territories; or

  (iv)   2 regional centres.

  (3)   For the purposes of paragraph   (1)(b), the rules may prescribe:

  (a)   specified rail networks that function as a critical corridor for the transportation of goods between:

  (i)   2 States; or

  (ii)   a State and a Territory; or

  (iii)   2 Territories; or

  (iv)   2 regional centres; or

  (b)   requirements for a rail network to function as a critical corridor for the transportation of goods between:

  (i)   2 States; or

  (ii)   a State and a Territory; or

  (iii)   2 Territories; or

  (iv)   2 regional centres.

  (4)   For the purposes of paragraph   (1)(c), the rules may prescribe:

  (a)   specified intermodal transfer facilities that are critical to the transportation of goods between:

  (i)   2 States; or

  (ii)   a State and a Territory; or

  (iii)   2 Territories; or

  (iv)   2 regional centres; or

  (b)   requirements for an intermodal transfer facility to be critical to the transportation of goods between:

  (i)   2 States; or

  (ii)   a State and a Territory; or

  (iii)   2 Territories; or

  (iv)   2 regional centres.

  (5)   For the purposes of this section, road network includes a part of a road network.

  (6)   For the purposes of this section, rail network includes a part of a rail network.