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Railway Safety Act, 2024 (Act No. 30 of 2024)
Notice No. 5650 of 2024
Act
Preamble
Chapter 1 : Interpretation, Application and Objects
1. Definitions
2. Application of Act
3. Objects of Act
4. Exemption from Act
Chapter 2 : Railway Safety Regulator
5. Railway Safety Regulator
6. Objects of Regulator
7. Functions and powers of Regulator
8. International co-operation
9. Board of Regulator
10. Composition of board
11. Appointment of board members
12. Chairperson and deputy chairperson of board
13. Term of office and conditions of service of board members
14. Functions of board
15. Disqualification from appointment as board member
16. Termination of board membership
17. Meetings of board
18. Committees of board
19. Conflict of interest of board member or board committee member
20. Delegation by board
21. Dissolution of board
22. Chief executive officer
23. Functions of CEO
24. Staff of Regulator
25. Limitation of liability
26. Documents
27. Funds of Regulator
28. Financial year of Regulator
29. Reporting to Minister and Parliament
Chapter 3 : Railway Safety Permits
30. Safety permits
31. Conditions of safety permit
32. Amendment of conditions of safety permit
33. Surrender, suspension and revocation of safety permit
Chapter 4 : Railway Safety Critical Grades, Standards and Safety Management System
34. Safety critical grade framework
35. Evaluation and registration of training institutions
36. Railway safety standards
37. Safety management system
38. Consultative forum
Chapter 5 : Railway Safety Information and Monitoring System
39. National railway safety information and monitoring system
40. Protection of information
Chapter 6 : Enforcement
41. Railway safety inspector
42. Powers and duties of railway safety inspector
43. Routine compliance inspection
44. Enforcement inspection
45. Formalities of inspections
46. Duty to assist railway safety inspector
47. Powers of railway safety inspector to deal with unsafe conditions
Chapter 7 : Railway Occurrence Reporting and Investigations
48. Railway occurrence
49. Reporting of railway occurrence
50. Categories of railway occurrence investigations
51. Major investigation
52. Standard investigation
53. Commission of inquiry
Chapter 8 : Appeals
54. Appeal to CEO
55. Appeal to board appeals committee
56. Appeal to Transport Appeal Tribunal
Chapter 9 : General and Miscellaneous
Part A : Offences and penalties
57. Offences and penalties
58. Offences in relation to employer or principal
59. Liability of director, trustee or member of juristic person
60. Enquiry in respect of compensation and award of damages
Part B : Regulations and notices
61. Regulations and notices
62. Regulations regarding design, construction, alteration and new operations
63. Regulations regarding infrastructure or activity affecting safe railway operations
64. Regulations regarding assessment and information
65. Regulations regarding railway occurrence and railway occurrence investigations
66. Notice regarding fees
67. Regulations and procedure regarding compliance notices and penalties
68. Regulations regarding safety critical grades and training institutions
Part C : Transitional, repeal and commencement provisions
69. Transitional provisions and savings
70. Repeal of law
71. Short title and commencement
Proclamations
Proclamation Notice 269 of 2025
‘‘Minister’’
means the Minister of Transport;
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