The Railways (Interoperability) Regulations 2011

[F1 2.4.   Technical file accompanying the UK declaration of verification U.K.

The technical file accompanying the UK declaration of verification shall be assembled by the project entity and must contain the following:

(a) technical characteristics linked to the design including general and detailed drawings with respect to execution, electrical and hydraulic diagrams, control-circuit diagrams, description of data-processing and automatic systems to the level of detail sufficient for documenting the verification of conformity carried out, documentation on operation and maintenance, etc., relevant for the subsystem concerned;

(b) a list of interoperability constituents incorporated into the subsystem;

(c) the technical files compiled by each of the EU notified bodies or approved bodies involved in the verification of the subsystem, which shall include:

(i) copies of the EC or UK declarations of conformity or suitability for use established for interoperability constituents and accompanied, where appropriate, by the corresponding calculation notes and a copy of the records of the tests and examinations carried out by the approved body or EU notified body on the basis of the common technical specifications,

(ii) where available, the ISV that accompanies the certificate of verification, including the result of verification by the approved body or by the EU notified body of the ISV validity,

(iii) the certificate of verification, accompanied by corresponding calculation notes and signed by the EU notified body responsible for the verification, stating that the subsystem complies with the requirements of the relevant TSIs or by the approved body responsible for the verification, stating that the subsystem complies with the requirements of the relevant NTSNs, and mentioning any reservations recorded during performance of the activities and not withdrawn; the certificate of verification should also be accompanied by the inspection and audit reports drawn up by the same body in connection with its task, as specified in points 2.5.2 and 2.5.3;

(d) any other certificates that may have been issued as part of a verification process in accordance with any other enactment or rule of law;

(e) when verification of safe integration is required pursuant to the Railways and Other Guided Transport Systems (Safety) Regulations 2006, or the Railways (Safety Management) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 the relevant technical file shall include the assessors’ report(s) on the common safety methods (CSM) on risk assessment.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 4 inserted (31.12.2020) by The Railways (Interoperability) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/345), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 (as amended by The Railways (Interoperability) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Revocations) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/318), regs. 1(2)(b), 5(13)(a), 5(13)(b), 5(13)(c), 5(13)(d)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)