- Status
- In Force
- Penalty ceiling
- Regulated
Does it bind you?
Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.
Any Person6
Operator1
Contractor1
Plus 2 duties on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.
Other Acts binding the same actors
If a role above is yours, these are the other instruments that most often bind it.
Any Person — also bound by 2340 other Acts
Human Medicines Regulations 2012
184 duties
Merchant Shipping Act 1995
144 duties
Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016
104 duties
Communications Act 2003
92 duties
Road Traffic Act 1988
92 duties
Operator — also bound by 746 other Acts
Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 (Air Operations)
203 duties
Space Industry Regulations 2021
76 duties
Contractor — also bound by 173 other Acts
What it requires
Regulations creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.
uri:annex/i/division/1/division/1.1/division/1.1.2
uri:annex/i/division/1/division/1.1/division/1.1.2
Regulated
- Ensure risk management process includes quality assurance, competent staff and independent assessmentAny Person
uri:annex/i/division/2/division/2.1/division/2.1.4
uri:annex/i/division/2/division/2.1/division/2.1.4
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Assessment body must not impose risk acceptance principle on proposerStatutory regulator
uri:annex/i/division/3
uri:annex/i/division/3
Regulated
- Demonstrate safety requirements compliance before safety acceptance and reassess if shortcomings foundAny Person
uri:annex/i/division/5
uri:annex/i/division/5
Regulated
- Document risk management process and retain evidenceAny Person
uri:annex/ii/division/2
uri:annex/ii/division/2
Regulated
- Obtain accreditation or recognition for railway safety competence areasAny Person
uri:annex/iii
uri:annex/iii
Regulated
- Include all required content in the safety assessment reportContractor
s.art006
Independent assessment
Regulated
- Appoint independent assessment body for rail risk managementAny Person
s.art008
Acceptance of accreditation/recognition
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- National safety authority must accept cross-border accreditation as proof of assessment body abilityStatutory regulator
s.art010
Validity of recognition
Regulated
- Display recognition statement on safety certificate and request recognition renewal with certificate updateOperator
s.art015
Safety assessment reports
Regulated
- Review safety assessment report and justify any disagreementAny Person
22 other provisions — procedural and definitional
uri:annex/i/division/1/division/1.1/division/1.1.7
uri:annex/i/division/1/division/1.1/division/1.1.7
uri:annex/i/division/2/division/2.5/division/2.5.6
uri:annex/i/division/2/division/2.5/division/2.5.6
uri:annex/ii/division/1
uri:annex/ii/division/1
s.annex iii para.1
The safety assessment report of the assessment body shall contain...
s.annex iii para.2
identification of the assessment body; the independent assessment plan; the...
s.art001
Subject matter
s.art002
Scope
s.art003
Definitions
s.art003
Designated standards
s.art004
Significant changes
s.art005
Risk management process
s.art007
Accreditation/recognition of the assessment body
s.art009
Types of recognition of the assessment body
s.art011
Surveillance by recognition body
s.art012
Relaxed criteria where a significant change is not to be mutually recognised
s.art013
Provision of information to the Agency
s.art014
Support from the Agency to accreditation or recognition of the assessment body
s.art016
Declaration by the proposer
s.art017
Risk control management and audits
s.art018
Feedback and technical progress
s.art019
Repeal
s.art020
Entry into force and application
Duty extraction and severity labels are Guvnor’s analysis of the instrument, not the instrument itself. Always verify against the linked source text.