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

Amendments to the Railways and Other Guided Transport Systems (Safety) Regulations 2006

3.—(1) The Railways and Other Guided Transport Systems (Safety) Regulations 2006 are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2(1) (Interpretation and application)—

(a)after the definition of “carriageway” insert—

““certification body” has the same meaning as in the ECM Regulation;”;

(b)the definitions of “deemed safety authorisation” and “deemed safety certificate” are omitted;

(c)after the definition of “the Directive” insert—

““ECM certificate” means a certificate issued in accordance with the ECM Regulation to an entity in charge of maintenance for the purposes of Article 14a(4) of the Directive or a certificate or self-declaration recognised as being equivalent for those purposes in accordance with Article 12(3) to (7) of the ECM Regulation;

“ECM Regulation” means Commission Regulation (EU) No 445/2011 on a system of certification of entities in charge of maintenance for freight wagons and amending Regulation (EC) No 653/2007(1);”;

(d)after the definition of “factory” insert—

““freight wagon” means a non-self-propelled-vehicle designed for the purpose of transporting freight or other materials to be used for activities such as construction or infrastructure maintenance;”;

(e)omit the definition of “heritage railway”;

(f)for the definition of “mainline railway” substitute—

““mainline railway” means any railway except for any railway or part of a railway—

(g)in the definition of “maintenance rules” for “to the whole of” substitute “in”;

(h)in the definition of “national safety rules”—

(i)in paragraph (a) for “to the whole of” substitute “in”;

(ii)for paragraph (b) substitute—

“(b)which contain requirements (including common operating rules) relating to railway safety which are imposed on more than one transport undertaking operating on the mainline railway;”;

(i)for the definition of “placed in service”, substitute—

““placed in service” means when a vehicle or infrastructure, having been constructed, upgraded or renewed, is first operated in the provision of a transport service, and in ascertaining when this takes place no regard shall be had to any trials or testing that take place to the vehicle or infrastructure, and cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly;”.

(3) After regulation 2 (interpretation and application) insert—

“Determination of exclusion from the mainline railway

2A.—(1) A railway or part of a railway does not form part of the mainline railway if the Office of Rail Regulation determines that it falls within one or more of these categories—

(a)metros and other light rail systems;

(b)networks that are functionally separate from the rest of the mainline railway and intended only for the operation of local, urban or suburban passenger services, as well as transport undertakings operating solely on these networks;

(c)heritage, museum or tourist railways that operate on their own networks;

(2) The Office of Rail Regulation may determine that a heritage vehicle which operates on the mainline railway and complies with national safety rules is deemed not to operate on the mainline railway for the purposes of these Regulations.

(3) The Office of Rail Regulation may revoke or vary a determination under paragraph (1) or (2).

(4) A person may make an application to the Office of Rail Regulation for a determination under paragraph (1) or (2) or for such a determination to be revoked or varied under paragraph (3) and the Office of Rail Regulation shall consider any such application.

(5) The Office of Rail Regulation shall maintain and publish a list of—

(a)railways or parts of railways that do not form part of the mainline railway; and

(b)heritage vehicles which operate on both the mainline railway and heritage railway and are deemed not to operate on the mainline railway,

by virtue of determinations made under paragraph (1) or (2).”

(4) In regulation 3 (use of infrastructure on the mainline railway), paragraph (1)(a), for “5(1) to (4)” insert “5(1) to (3)”

(5) In regulation 5 (safety management system for the mainline railway)—

(a)in paragraph (1)—

(i)at the end of sub-paragraph (d)(i) insert “and”;

(ii)at the end of sub-paragraph (d)(ii) omit “and”;

(iii)omit sub-paragraph (d)(iii);

(b)omit paragraphs (4), (5) and (6);

(c)in paragraph (7)—

(i)for “(1) to (6)” substitute “(1) to (3)”;

(ii)omit “save that any reference to new or altered vehicles in those paragraphs shall be replaced with a reference to new or altered infrastructure”;

(iii)omit sub-paragraph (a);

(iv)for “sub-paragraphs (a) to (d)” insert “sub-paragraphs (b) to (d)”.

(6) In regulation 17 (general provisions relating to safety certificates and safety authorisations)—

(a)in paragraph (3)(b) omit “or paragraph 9 of Schedule 5”;

(b)in paragraph (5) omit the wording from “except”;

(c)for paragraph (7) substitute—

“(7) If a request for information is made under paragraph (5), the period of 4 months for the Office of Rail Regulation to make a decision referred to in regulations 7(3), 8(4), 10(2) and 11(3) shall not start to run until the date of receipt of the last information requested.”;

(d)omit paragraph (8);

(e)in paragraph (9) omit the words, “or paragraph 9 of Schedule 5”.

(7) In regulation 18A (maintenance of vehicles on the mainline railway) for paragraph (1) substitute—

“(1) No person may place in service or use a vehicle on the mainline railway unless that vehicle has an entity in charge of maintenance assigned to it, and that entity in charge of maintenance—

(a)is registered in relation to that vehicle in the National Vehicle Register; and

(b)holds an ECM certificate if the vehicle is a freight wagon.”.

(8) In regulation 20 (annual safety reports) for paragraph (1) substitute the following—

“(1) Subject to paragraph (2), any transport operator who carries out operations on the mainline railway shall send to the Office of Rail Regulation an annual safety report in respect of its operations on the mainline railway relating to the previous calendar year, which shall contain—

(a)information on how the transport operator’s safety targets, referred to in paragraph 2(b) of Schedule 1, are met;

(b)the results achieved through putting the transport operator’s safety plans, referred to in paragraph 2(b) of Schedule 1, into effect;

(c)statistics for the common safety indicators listed in Schedule 3 insofar as they are relevant to the operations in question;

(d)the findings of safety auditing carried out pursuant to the procedures referred to in paragraph 2(k) of Schedule 1; and

(e)comments on any deficiencies or malfunctions relating to the running of vehicles or the management of infrastructure relating to the operation in question that may be relevant to the safety of that transport system,

and where an operation is carried out in part on the mainline railway and in part on another transport system the report shall include only information in respect of the part carried out on the mainline railway.”.

(9) In regulation 21 (sending, issuing, and keeping of documents and making them available for public inspection)—

(a)in paragraph (4)(b) omit the words, “or any revision made pursuant to paragraph 8 of Schedule 5”;

(b)in paragraph (4)(e) omit the words, “or paragraph 9 of Schedule 5”.

(10) In regulation 24 (competence and fitness), in paragraph (1)(d) between “place” and “arrangements” insert “suitable and sufficient”.

(11) In regulation 27 (appeals)—

(a)for paragraph (1)(a)(i), substitute—

“(i)a safety certificate, a safety authorisation or an ECM certificate;”;

(b)at the end of paragraph (1)(b), omit “or”;

(c)after paragraph (1)(c), insert—

“(d)decision of the Office of Rail Regulation taken pursuant to Articles 7(3), (4) or (7) of the ECM Regulation concerning his ECM certificate; or

(e)determination of the Office of Rail Regulation under regulation 2A or a decision of the Office of Rail Regulation under that regulation to revoke or vary such a determination,”.

(d)after paragraph (1), insert—

“(1A) A person who is aggrieved by a decision of a certification body accredited or recognised in Great Britain for the purposes of the ECM Regulation either to refuse an application for an ECM certificate or taken by that body pursuant to Articles 7(3), (4) or (7) of the ECM Regulation, may—

(a)appeal to the Secretary of State; and

(b)for the purposes of such appeal, references to the Office of Rail Regulation in this regulation shall be construed as references to that certification body, except for paragraph (7) which does not apply to such appeal.”;

(e)in paragraph (2), for “paragraph (1)”, substitute “paragraphs (1) and (1A)”.

(12) In regulation 29 (transitional provisions and savings) omit paragraph (7).

(13) In Schedule 2 (application for a safety certificate) in paragraph 1(b)(i) omit “, other than a deemed safety certificate,”.

(14) In Schedule 3 (common safety indicators)—

(a)in Part 1 (common safety indicators)—

(i)in paragraph 2(1)(b), insert “persons” between “or” and “killed”;

(ii)at the end of paragraph 2(1)(b)(ii), insert “at the time of the accident”;

(iii)for paragraph 6(1)(a), substitute—

“(a)number of persons killed and persons seriously injured multiplied by the Value of Preventing a Casualty (VPC);”;

(b)in Part 2 (common definitions and methods to calculate the economic impact of accidents)—

(i)omit paragraphs 1(12) and 1(15);

(ii)in paragraph 1(16), for “Deaths (killed person)” substitute “Persons killed”;

(iii)in paragraph 1(17), for “Injuries (seriously injured person)” substitute “Persons seriously injured”.

(15) In the heading to Schedule 4 (written safety verification scheme requirements) omit “5(4)(a) and”.

(16) Omit Schedule 5.