Railways Act 1905 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 9 · Management
77. Penalty for trespass
Feedback & supportAny person who trespasses upon a railway or upon any of the lands, stations or other premises appertaining thereto, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $20.
railway
“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;
Any such person who refuses to leave the railway or premises on being requested to do so by any railway official shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $40 and may be immediately removed therefrom.
railway official
“railway official” includes all persons employed by or on behalf of the railway administration to perform any function in connection with a railway.