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The Railways and Other Guided Transport Systems (Safety) Regulations 2006

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART 1 INTRODUCTION

    1. 1.Citation and commencement

    2. 2.Interpretation and application

  3. PART 2 SAFETY MANAGEMENT, CERTIFICATION AND AUTHORISATION

    1. 3.Use of infrastructure on the mainline railway

    2. 4.Use of infrastructure on other transport systems

    3. 5.Safety management system for the mainline railway

    4. 6.Safety management system for other transport systems

    5. 7.Safety certificate

    6. 8.Amended safety certificate

    7. 9.Further safety certificate

    8. 10.Safety authorisation

    9. 11.Amended safety authorisation

    10. 12.Further safety authorisation

    11. 13.Notice of changes by holder of a safety certificate or a safety authorisation

    12. 14.Direction to apply for an amended safety certificate or safety authorisation

    13. 15.Revocation of safety certificate

    14. 16.Revocation of safety authorisation

    15. 17.General provisions relating to safety certificates and safety authorisations

    16. 18.Notification to the European Railway Agency regarding safety certificates and safety authorisations relating to the mainline railway

  4. PART 3 GENERAL DUTIES

    1. 19.Risk assessment

    2. 20.Annual safety reports

    3. 21.Sending, issuing, and keeping of documents and making them available for public inspection

    4. 22.Co-operation

  5. PART 4 SAFETY CRITICAL WORK

    1. 23.Interpretation and application of Part 4

    2. 24.Competence and fitness

    3. 25.Fatigue

    4. 26.Co-operation requirements for safety critical work

  6. PART 5 MISCELLANEOUS

    1. 27.Appeals

    2. 28.Offences

    3. 29.Transitional provisions and savings

    4. 30.Exemptions

    5. 31.Defence of due diligence

    6. 32.Amendment of ROTS

    7. 33.Consequential amendments

    8. 34.Revocation

  7. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      APPLICATION FOR A SAFETY CERTIFICATE

      1. PART 1 INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED FOR A MAINLINE APPLICATION

      2. PART 2 INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED FOR A NON-MAINLINE APPLICATION

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      COMMON SAFETY INDICATORS

    4. SCHEDULE 4

      WRITTEN SAFETY VERIFICATION SCHEME REQUIREMENTS

    5. SCHEDULE 5

      TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS AND SAVINGS-SAFETY CERTIFICATES AND SAFETY AUTHORISATIONS

    6. SCHEDULE 6

      CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS

    7. SCHEDULE 7

      REVOCATION

  9. Explanatory Note

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