New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

RAIL SAFETY (GENERAL) REGULATION 2008

- Made under the Rail Safety Act 2008
- As at 18 September 2009
- Reg 610 of 2008

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   PART 1 - PRELIMINARY

   1.      Name of Regulation
   2.      Commencement
   3.      Definitions

   PART 2 - SAFETY MANAGEMENT

           Division 1 - Safety management systems generally

   4.      General requirements for safety management systems

           Division 2 - Security management plan

   5.      Security management plan

           Division 3 - Emergency management plans

   6.      Emergency services
   7.      Consultation about emergency management plan
   8.      Matters to be included in emergency management plans
   9.      Keeping, maintaining and testing emergency management plans

           Division 4 - Health and fitness management program

   10.     Health and fitness management program

           Division 5 - Fatigue management

   11.     Matters to be considered in preparing fatigue management program
   12.     Fatigue management program
   13.     Fatigue management program to include monitoring of hours of work
   14.     Alternative provisions for fatigue management

           Division 6 - Competence and training of rail safety workers

   15.     Records of competence

           Division 7 - Review of safety management systems

   16.     Review of safety management system

           Division 8 - Safety performance reports

   17.     Additional matters to be included in safety performance reports

           Division 9 - Private sidings

   18.     Maintenance and operational conditions for private sidings

   PART 3 - ACCREDITATION

   19.     Application for accreditation
   20.     Application fees
   21.     Notice of accreditation
   22.     Conditions of, or restrictions on, accreditation
   23.     Annual accreditation fees
   24.     Surrender of accreditation
   25.     Variation of accreditation

   PART 4 - SAFETY REPORTS AND INVESTIGATIONS

   26.     Periodic information to be supplied
   27.     Notifiable occurrences and classes of notifiable occurrences
   28.     Category A occurrences also to be notified by telephone
   29.     Authority and ITSRR to share information
   30.     Disclosure of train safety records

   PART 5 - NETWORK RULES

   31.     Object of Part
   32.     Definitions
   33.     Changes to network rules
   34.     Consultation requirements
   35.     Stakeholder consultation
   36.     Network-wide changes to network rules
   37.     Local changes to network rules
   38.     Emergency amendments to network rules
   39.     Register of amendments to network rules
   40.     Dispute resolution

   PART 6 - MISCELLANEOUS

   41.     Documents to be made available for public inspection
   42.     Embargo notices
   43.     Persons who may be appointed as rail safety officers
   44.     Exchange of information between agencies
   45.     Exemptions for heritage operators
   46.     Exemptions from accreditation
   46A.    Exemption from accreditation: Rail Infrastructure Corporation
   47.     Train communications systems
           SCHEDULE 1
           SCHEDULE 2