Monitoring
17.—(1) A railway undertaking or infrastructure manager must have a system for monitoring train drivers employed by them to check that the requirements of these Regulations which apply to them are adhered to.
(2) If the results of that monitoring call into question a train driver’s competence for the job, or the continuing validity of their train driving licence or train driving certificate, the railway undertaking or infrastructure manager must immediately take any necessary action which may include—
(a)informing the ORR of matters relevant to the continuing validity of the licence;
(b)requiring the driver to undergo the relevant examinations or tests referred to in regulations 13 or 15; or
(c)suspending or withdrawing the driver’s train driving certificate.
(3) A train driver who considers that his state of health calls into question his fitness to drive trains must immediately inform the railway undertaking or infrastructure manager by whom he is employed.
(4) A railway undertaking or infrastructure manager that becomes aware that a train driver employed by them has failed to comply with regulation 13 or 15, or has failed an examination or test required by those regulations, or that the health of the train driver has deteriorated to a point where the driver’s fitness to drive trains is called into question, must immediately take any necessary action which may include—
(a)informing the ORR of matters relevant to the continuing validity of the driver’s train driving licence;
(b)requiring the driver to undergo the relevant examinations or tests referred to in regulations 13 or 15; or
(c)suspending or withdrawing the driver’s train driving certificate.
(5) A railway undertaking or infrastructure manager must inform the ORR when a train driver employed by them has suffered work incapacity for a period of more than three months.