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National Railway Safety Regulator Act, 2002 (Act No. 16 of 2002)

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Railway Safety Standards Development Regulations, 2022

7. Procedures for development, adoption or acceptance of local standards

 

(1) The procedure set out in subregulation (2) applies to the development of local standards and the amendment of existing local standards in order to ensure safe railway operations.

 

(2)

(a) The operator must establish a local standards committee for the development, review and editing of local standards.
(b) The local standards committee contemplated in paragraph (a) must—
(i) make use of relevant local expertise to develop the local standards;
(ii) in developing local standards, address specific local, geographical, route, operational, interface or intraface requirements;
(iii) review and edit the proposed developed local standards; and
(iv) submit the proposed developed local standards to the operator's representative who has the relevant authority and responsibility for adoption.
(c) The operator must approve and adopt the proposed local standards submitted by the local standards committee.
(d) The approved local standards must be communicated to all interested and affected parties for implementation.

 

(3) An operator who has developed local standards in accordance with the procedure set out in subregulation (2) must be able to demonstrate to the Regulator that—
(a) the proposed local standards were based on appropriate practice; and
(b) due process had been followed in the development of the local standards.

 

(4)

(a) An operator may, in circumstances where an immediate threat is posed to safe railway operations, implement a local standard prior to the review and editing thereof by a local standards committee.
(b) The local standard contemplated in paragraph (a) must be reviewed and edited by the local standard committee within five working days of implementation, as contemplated in paragraph (a).