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The Railways and Other Guided Transport Systems (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2013

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Amendments to the Health and Safety (Enforcing Authority for Railways and Other Guided Transport Systems) Regulations 2006

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2.—(1) In regulation 2 of the Health and Safety (Enforcing Authority for Railways and Other Guided Transport Systems) Regulations 2006(1)—

(a)after the definition of “Enforcing Authority Regulations”, insert—

entity in charge of maintenance” has the same meaning as in the Railways and Other Guided Transport Systems (Safety) Regulations 2006(2);;

(b)after the definition of “light maintenance services”, insert—

mainline railway” has the same meaning as in the Railways and Other Guided Transport Systems (Safety) Regulations 2006;.

(2) After regulation 4(4), insert—

(4A) Notwithstanding paragraph (3), where an entity in charge of maintenance performs maintenance on a vehicle that is to be placed in service or is used on the mainline railway, the operation of a railway specified in regulation 3(2)(a) shall include such maintenance performed on a vehicle within any premises referred to in paragraph (3)..

(3) After regulation 7 (transitional provisions), insert—

Review

8.(1) Before the end of each review period, the Secretary of State must—

(a)carry out a review of these Regulations;

(b)set out the conclusions of the review in a report; and

(c)publish the report.

(2) The report must in particular—

(a)set out the objectives intended to be achieved by the regulatory system established by these Regulations;

(b)assess the extent to which those objectives are achieved; and

(c)assess whether those objectives remain appropriate and, if so, the extent to which they could be achieved with a system that imposes less regulation.

(3) Review period” means—

(a)the period of five years beginning with the day on which the Railways and Other Guided Transport Systems (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2013 come into force; and

(b)subject to paragraph (4), each successive period of five years.

(4) If a report under this regulation is published before the last day of the review period to which it relates, the following review period is to begin with the day on which that report is published..

(1)

S.I. 2006/557, as amended by S.I. 2008/2323; there are other amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

(2)

S.I. 2006/599, as amended by S.I 2007/3531 and S.I. 2011/1860; there are other amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

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