The Rail Safety (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

Amendments to Commission Regulation (EU) No 1077/2012 on a common safety method for supervision by national safety authorities after issuing a safety certificate or safety authorisation

14.—(1) Commission Regulation (EU) No 1077/2012 on a common safety method for supervision by national safety authorities after issuing a safety certificate or safety authorisation is amended as follows.

(2) In Article 1 (subject matter and scope)—

(a) in paragraph 1, omit “as referred to in Annex IV to Regulation (EU) No 1158/2010 and Annex III to Regulation (EU) No 1169/2010 respectively”;

(b) in paragraph 3, omit “under Article 16(2)(f) of Directive 2004/49/EC” and “the Member States”.

(3) For Article 2 (definitions), substitute—

“Article 2 Definitions

For the purposes of this Regulation the following definitions shall apply.

‘supervision’ means the arrangements put in place by the national safety authority to oversee safety performance after it has granted a safety certificate or safety authorisation;

‘national safety authority’ means one or both of—

(a)

a safety authority; and

(b)

the safety authority for the tunnel system

as defined in the Railways and Other Guided Transport Systems (Safety) Regulations 2006.”.

(4) In Article 8 (coordination and cooperation), omit paragraph 1.

(5) Omit the words following Article 9 (entry into force), up to but not including “Annex”.

(6) In the Annex (supervision activities)—

(a) in paragraph 4(b), for “its Member State”, substitute “Great Britain”;

(b) in paragraph 4(c)—

(i) at the beginning, insert “where the national safety authority is the Office of Rail and Road,”;

(ii) for “the Member State”, substitute “Great Britain”;

(c) in paragraph 5(c), for “its Member State”, substitute “the Secretary of State”.