12B  Meaning of critical freight infrastructure asset
(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 1: The rules may prescribe that a specified critical freight infrastructure asset is not a critical infrastructure asset (see section 9).

Note 2: A critical freight infrastructure asset that is owned or operated by a carrier may also be a critical telecommunications asset.

(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.