12C  Meaning of critical freight services asset

• (1)

  An asset is a critical freight services asset if it is a network that is used by an entity carrying on a business that, in accordance with subsection (2), is critical to the transportation of goods by any or all of the following:

  • (a)

    road;

  • (b)

    rail;

  • (c)

    inland waters;

  • (d)

    sea.

  Note 1: The rules may prescribe that a specified critical freight services asset is not a critical infrastructure asset (see section 9).

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

• (2)

  For the purposes of subsection (1), the rules may prescribe:

  • (a)

    specified businesses that are critical to the transportation of goods by any or all of the following:

    • (i)

      road;

    • (ii)

      rail;

    • (iii)

      inland waters;

    • (iv)

      sea; or

  • (b)

    requirements for a business to be critical to the transportation of goods by any or all of the following:

    • (i)

      road;

    • (ii)

      rail;

    • (iii)

      inland waters;

    • (iv)

      sea.