54. Provision for compulsory medical examination of person injured in railway accident

Terms defined in this Act

• accident

  accident

  Defined · s 49

  “accident” means an accident attended by loss of human life or grievous hurt, within the meaning of the Penal Code 1871, to any passenger upon any train or to any person engaged in the working of the railway or by serious damage to property, or an accident of such a description as is usually attended by such loss, hurt or damage.

  Open s 49
• railway

  railway

  Defined · s 2

  “railway” means a railway or any portion of a railway for the public carriage of passengers, animals or goods and includes —(a)all land within the fences or other boundary marks indicating the limits of the land appurtenant to a railway;(b)all lines of rails, sidings or branches worked over for the purposes of or in connection with a railway;(c)all stations, offices, warehouses, wharves, workshops, manufactories, fixed plant and machinery, and other works constructed for the purposes of or in connection with a railway;(d)all ferries, ships, boats and craft which are used for the traffic of a railway and belong to or are hired or worked by the authority administering the railway;(e)all engines, passenger coaches, and goods and livestock vehicles, or other rolling stock used for the purpose of carrying on the traffic of the railway;(f)all road vehicles used by or on behalf of or under contract with a railway administration for the conveyance of passengers, parcels, goods, livestock and vehicles; and(g)all aircraft used by or on behalf of or under contract with a railway administration for the conveyance of passengers, parcels, goods and livestock;

  Open s 2