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6.—(1) The requirements for a safety management system referred to in regulation 4(1)(a) and 4(2)(a) are that—
(a)it is adequate to ensure that the relevant statutory provisions which make provision in relation to safety will be complied with in relation to the operation in question;
(b)subject to paragraph (7), it meets the requirements and contains the elements set out in Schedule 1, adapted to the character, extent and other characteristics of the operation in question;
(c)subject to paragraph (2), it ensures the control of all categories of risk associated with the operation in question which, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, shall include such risks relating to the—
(i)supply of maintenance and material;
(ii)use of contractors; and
(iii)placing in service of new or altered vehicles or infrastructure the design or construction of which incorporates significant changes compared to any vehicles or infrastructure already in use on the transport system and which changes would be capable of significantly increasing an existing risk or creating a significant safety risk;
(d)it takes into account, where appropriate and reasonable, the risks arising as a result of activities carried on by other persons; and
(e)all parts of it are documented.
(2) The requirement in paragraph (1)(c) shall be met where the safety management system of a transport operator or an applicant for a safety certificate or a safety authorisation (“the first operator”) taken with that of any relevant transport operator is capable of meeting the requirements of the paragraph in question.
(3) In paragraph (2), “relevant transport operator” means another transport operator whose operation is capable of materially affecting the safety of the operation carried on by the first operator.
(4) In paragraph (1)(c)(iii) where such new or altered vehicles or infrastructure are intended to be placed in service, then before that placing in service the transport operator shall ensure that he—
(a)has an established written safety verification scheme which meets the requirements and contains the elements set out in Schedule 4; and
(b)has appointed a competent person to undertake that safety verification and the competent person has undertaken that safety verification in relation to the new or altered vehicle or infrastructure.
F1(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(6) In this regulation the requirements of paragraph (4) shall apply in the absence of a transport operator to a responsible person as they would apply to a transport operator.
(7) Paragraph 2(c) of Schedule 1 shall apply in relation to transport systems other than the mainline railway as if it read as follows—
“(c)procedures—
(i)to meet relevant technical specifications; and
(ii)relating to operations or maintenance,
insofar as they relate to the safety of persons, and procedures for ensuring that the procedures in sub-paragraphs (i) and (ii) are followed throughout the life-cycle of any relevant equipment or operation;”.
Textual Amendments
F1Reg. 6(5) omitted (26.8.2011) by virtue of The Railways and Other Guided Transport Systems (Safety) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/1860), regs. 1, 2(4)
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