The Railway Safety (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 1997

Amendments to the Health and Safety (Enforcing Authority) Regulations 1989

11.  The Health and Safety (Enforcing Authority) Regulations 1989(1) shall be amended by—

(a)in regulation 2—

(i)the substitution of the following for the definition of “railway”—

““railway” means a railway or tramway with (in either case) a gauge of 350 millimetres or more or a prescribed system of guided transport;”;

(ii)the addition of the following after the definition of “preparation dangerous for supply”—

““prescribed system of guided transport” means a system using a mode of guided transport prescribed by regulation 3 of the Railways and Other Transport Systems (Approval of Works, Plant and Equipment) Regulations 1994;”;

(b)in regulation 3—

(i)the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (5)—

“(5) Notwithstanding paragraph (3), the Executive shall be the enforcing authority for the common parts in a railway station or terminal or in a goods yard which is served by a railway.”;

(ii)the deletion of paragraph (6).