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Railway Safety Act, 2024 (Act No. 30 of 2024)

Chapter 5 : Railway Safety Information and Monitoring System

39. National railway safety information and monitoring system

 

(1) The Regulator must establish and maintain a national information and monitoring system regarding safe railway operations within the Republic.

 

(2) The system must include—
(a) a register of safety permit holders;
(b) a register of railway occurrences;
(c) information on actions, arrangements, processes and procedures implemented by every safety permit holder to ensure safety within its area of operations;
(d) information regarding the management of penalties;
(e) information regarding the management of audits and inspections;
(f) detailed information regarding compliance and enforcement;
(g) a register recording the Regulator’s monitoring operations and the results thereof;
(h) a railway safety-related infrastructure asset register; and
(i) any other matter demonstrably necessary to promote safety.

 

(3) The Regulator may, in writing, require a safety permit holder to provide the Regulator, within a specified time or on a regular basis, with relevant data, information, documents, samples or materials in respect of the matters contemplated in subsection (2), as may be reasonably specified by the Regulator, and the Regulator may monitor the use, application, execution or operation of the data, information, documents, samples or materials so submitted for purposes of ensuring compliance with this Act and safety standards.

 

(4) The Regulator may, in addition to the function of information capturing, develop a system to provide for additional functions and uses contemplated in this Act, or for furthering the efficient performance of its functions.