SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 3Transfer of safety functions
Reports and investigations
I14
1
The F2Office of Rail and Road may authorise a person to investigate and make a special report on any accident, occurrence, situation or other matter of any sort which that Office thinks it necessary or expedient to investigate—
a
for any of the railway safety purposes; or
b
with a view to the making of regulations for any of those purposes.
2
The F2Office of Rail and Road may cause—
a
the contents of a special report made under this paragraph, or
b
so much of them as it considers appropriate,
to be made public at such time, and in such manner, as it thinks fit.
3
Where a person who is not a member, officer or employee of the F2Office of Rail and Road carries out an investigation and makes a special report under this paragraph, that Office may pay him such remuneration and expenses as the Secretary of State determines.
4
The F2Office of Rail and Road may, to such extent as the Secretary of State may determine, defray the other costs (if any) of—
a
an investigation under this paragraph; or
b
the making of a special report following such an investigation.
F14A
The F2Office of Rail and Road must consult the Office for Nuclear Regulation before taking any step under sub-paragraph (1) in relation to a matter which appears to the F2Office of Rail and Road to be, or likely to be, relevant to the ONR's purposes (within the meaning of Part 3 of the Energy Act 2013).
5
In section 14(1) of the 1974 Act (matters about which investigations etc. may be required or authorised by the HSC), for “it is” substitute—
a
those general purposes shall be treated as not including the railway safety purposes; but
b
it is otherwise