Statutory Instruments
2015 No. 1917
Health And Safety
The Railways and Other Guided Transport Systems (Safety) (Amendment) Regulations 2015
Made
16th November 2015
Laid before Parliament
18th November 2015
Coming into force
11th December 2015
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 15(1) and (2) and paragraph 15(1) of Schedule 3 to the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974( 1 ).
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Railways and Other Guided Transport Systems (Safety) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 and come into force on 11th December 2015.
Amendments to the Railways and Other Guided Transport Systems (Safety) Regulations 2006
2. —(1)The Railways and Other Guided Transport Systems (Safety) Regulations 2006( 2 ) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation and application), in paragraph (1) for the definition of “the Directive” substitute—
“ “the Directive” means Directive 2004/49/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on safety on the Community’s railways and amending Council Directive 95/18/EC on the licensing of railway undertakings and Directive 2001/14/EC on the allocation of railway infrastructure capacity and the levying of charges for the use of railway infrastructure and safety certification ( 3 ) as amended by—
the Interoperability Directive ( 4 ) ;
Directive 2008/110/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2004/49/EC on safety on the Community’s railways ( 5 ) ;
Commission Directive 2009/149/EC amending Directive 2004/49/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards Common Safety Indicators and common methods to calculate accident costs ( 6 ) ; and
Commission Directive 2014/88/ EU amending Directive 2004/49/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards common safety indicators and common methods of calculating accident costs ( 7 ) ; ”
(3) In regulation 20(1)(c) for “Schedule 3” substitute “Annex I (common safety indicators) of the Directive( 8 ),”.
(4) Omit Schedule 3 (common safety indicators).
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
Claire Perry
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Transport
16th November 2015
1974 c.37 ; section 15(1) was substituted by the Employment Protection Act 1975 (c.71) , Schedule 15, paragraph 6 and further amended by S.I. 2002/794 , article 5(2) and Schedule 2; section 15(2) was amended by the Energy Act 2013 (c.32) , Schedule 12, Part 1, paragraphs 1, 5(1) and (3);the general purposes of Part I referred to in section 15(1) were extended by section 117 of the Railways Act 1993 c.43 .
S.I. 2006/599 as amended by S.I. 2011/1860 , S.I. 2013/950 and S.I. 2015/1682 (in these footnotes “the 2006 Regulations”); there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.
O.J. No. L164 of 30.4.2004, p.44.
The Interoperability Directive is defined in regulation 2(1) of the 2006 Regulations as Directive 2008/57/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17th June 2008 on the interoperability of the rail system within the Community (Recast) (See O.J. No. L191, 18.7.2008, p1).
O.J. No. L345 of 23.12.2008, p62.
O.J. No. L313 of 28.11.2009, p65.
O.J. No. L201 of 10.7.2014, p.9.
Annex I was substituted by Directive 2014/88/EU amending Directive 2004/49/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards common safety indicators and common methods of calculating accident costs.