Conservation Act 1987

Marginal strips

24L: Public access rights

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"Walking near railway lines: what you can and can't do"

You can walk on some land near railway lines. This land would normally be a special area called a marginal strip, but there's an exception. You can't walk on land within 5 metres of the middle of the railway line, unless the railway operator says it's safe.

You might not be allowed to walk on this land if the railway operator thinks it would be dangerous for people or property. The railway operator must let you walk on the rest of the land, as long as you're on foot. This rule is because of a law that says what happens to land that would be a marginal strip, except for what's said in section 24K.

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Part 4AMarginal strips

24LPublic access rights

  1. Every railway operator must allow members of the public to have access on foot over land that would, but for subsection (3) of section 24K, be reserved as a marginal strip, except land that is within 5 metres of a line drawn midway between the rails of a railway line, unless, in the opinion of the railway operator, such access would be likely to endanger the safety of persons or property.

Notes
  • Section 24L: inserted, on , by section 3 of the Conservation Amendment Act 1990 (1990 No 106).