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2005 No. 3261
TRANSPORT
HEALTH AND SAFETY
The Railways (Accident Investigation and Reporting) (Amendment) Regulations 2005
Made
23rd November 2005
Laid before Parliament
29th November 2005
Coming into force
11th January 2006
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 11(1) and (2) and 13(1) of the Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003 M1
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Citation and commencementU.K.
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Railways (Accident Investigation and Reporting) (Amendment) Regulations 2005 and shall come into force on 11th January 2006.
Amendment of the Railways (Accident Investigation and Reporting) Regulations 2005U.K.
2.—(1) The Railways (Accident Investigation and Reporting) Regulations 2005 M2 shall be amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2(1), after the definition of “Safety Directive” insert— “ “working days” shall be taken to exclude Saturdays, Sundays, Christmas Day, Good Friday and, in relation to an accident or incident that occurs in England and Wales, any day which, under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 M3, is a bank holiday in England and Wales, in relation to an accident or incident that occurs in Scotland, any other day which, under that Act, is a bank holiday in Scotland and, in relation to an accident or incident that occurs in Northern Ireland, any day which, under that Act, is a bank holiday in Northern Ireland.“ ”
(3) In regulation 12(4), before “determine” insert “reasonably”.
Alistair Darling
Secretary of State
Department for Transport
Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Railways (Accident Investigation and Reporting) Regulations 2005. They insert a definition of “working days” in regulation 2(1) (an expression used in regulation 4 of those Regulations to describe the time within which accidents or incidents must be reported). They also insert the word “reasonably” before “determine” in regulation 12(4) (providing for the time within which a safety authority may require a person to consider or act upon a recommendation of the Rail Accident Investigation Branch and to provide it with certain information).
A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as it has no impact on the costs of business.
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