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NATIONAL LEGISLATION OVERVIEWS
NATIONAL LEGISLATION OVERVIEWS
National Railway Safety Regulator
Act, No. 16 of 2002
Long title
To provide for the establishment of a Railway Safety Regulator; to provide for its objects and functions and for the manner in which it is to be managed; to provide for its staff matters; to provide for safety standards and regulatory practices for the protection of persons, property and the environment; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
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Long title
To provide for the establishment of a Railway Safety Regulator; to provide for its objects and functions and for the manner in which it is to be managed; to provide for its staff matters; to provide for safety standards and regulatory practices for the protection of persons, property and the environment; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
Table of contents
| SECTION | TITLE |
| PREAMBLE | |
| CONTENTS | |
| CHAPTER 1. DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION | |
| 1. | Definitions and interpretation |
| CHAPTER 2. PURPOSE AND APPLICATION | |
| 2. | Purpose of Act |
| CHAPTER 3. ESTABLISHMENT AND GOVERNANCE OF RAILWAY SAFETY REGULATOR | |
| 3. | Application of Act |
| 4. | Establishment of Railway Safety Regulator |
| 5. | Objects of Regulator |
| 6. | Cooperative governance |
| 7. | Functions of Regulator |
| 8. | Board of Regulator |
| 9. | Chief executive officer of Regulator |
| 10. | Staff of Regulator |
| 11. | Delegation and assignment by board |
| 12. | Vacation of office of board members |
| 13. | Meetings of board |
| 14. | Minutes of board meetings |
| 15. | Committees of board |
| 16. | Remuneration of directors and committee members |
| 17. | Funds of Regulator |
| 18. | Financial year of Regulator |
| 19. | Disagreements between Minister and board |
| 20. | Reporting to Minister and parliament |
| 21. | Judicial management and liquidation of Regulator |
| CHAPTER 4. SAFETY PERMITS | |
| 22. | Railway undertakings requiring safety permit |
| 23. | Application for safety permit |
| 24. | Conditions of safety permit |
| 25. | Reasons for decision |
| 26. | Suspension, revocation and surrender of safety permit |
| 27. | Prohibition of transfer of safety permit |
| CHAPTER 5. SAFETY MANAGEMENT | |
| Part 1. Safety management systems and standards | |
| 28. | Safety management systems and safety management system reports [...was entitled "Regulations regarding safety management systems and safety management system reports"] |
| 29. | Standards |
| Part 2. Rolling stock, infrastructure and stations | |
| 30. | Regulations regarding design, construction, operation and alteration |
| Part 3. Non-railway operations affecting safety | |
| 31. | Regulations regarding infrastructure or activity affecting safe railway operations |
| CHAPTER 6. ENTRY AND INSPECTION | |
| 32. | Appointment of railway safety inspector |
| 33. | Powers and duties of railway safety inspector |
| 34. | Duty to assist railway safety inspector |
| 35. | Duty to produce documents |
| 36. | Powers of railway safety inspector to deal with unsafe conditions |
| CHAPTER 7. RAILWAY OCCURRENCE REPORTING AND INVESTIGATIONS | |
| 37. | Railway occurrence reporting |
| 38. | Railway occurrence investigations |
| CHAPTER 8. MONITORING, ASSESSMENT AND INFORMATION | |
| 39.. | Establishment of national railway safety information and monitoring system |
| 40. | Provision of information |
| 41. | Access to information |
| 42. | Regulations regarding monitoring, assessment and information |
| CHAPTER 9. APPEAL AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION | |
| 43. | Appeal to chief executive officer against decision of railway safety inspector |
| 44. | Appeal to board against decision of chief executive officer |
| CHAPTER 10. OFFENCES AND REMEDIES | |
| 45. | Offences |
| 45A. | Penalties [...inserted by Act 2008_069_021] |
| 46. | Enquiry in respect of compensation for harm, loss or damage suffered |
| 47. | Award of damages |
| 48. | Offences in relation to employer and employee relationships |
| 49. | Liability of Juristic person |
| CHAPTER 11. GENERAL PROVISIONS REGARDING REGULATIONS | |
| 50. | Making of regulations |
| 51. | Consideration of regulations |
| CHAPTER 12. GENERAL AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS | |
| 52 | State bound |
| 53. | Limitation of liability |
| 54. | Financial assistance |
| 55. | International co-operation |
| 56. | Effect of delegation |
| 57. | Documents deemed to be properly authorised and issued |
| 58. | Documents and steps taken valid under certain circumstances |
| 59. | Service of documents |
| 60. | Repeal of laws |
| 61. | Short title and commencement |
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