UK Statutory Instrument SI 2002/1166 United Kingdom

The Railways (Interoperability) (High-Speed) Regulations 2002

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Status
In Force
Penalty ceiling
Regulated

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Any Person4 Employer1 Operator1 Contractor1 Conformity Assessment Body1

Plus 4 duties on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.

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Any Person — also bound by 2340 other Acts
Employer — also bound by 682 other Acts
TULRCA 1992 72 duties
Operator — also bound by 746 other Acts
Contractor — also bound by 173 other Acts
Conformity Assessment Body — also bound by 47 other Acts

What it requires

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s.006 Requirement on notified bodies to carry out functions Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Notified bodies must carry out requested checks for high-speed rail subsystemsStatutory regulator
s.007 Notified bodies: certificates of conformity etc. Regulated
  • Notified body must give reasons and 28-day response period before refusing a certificateConformity Assessment Body
s.008 Duties on notified bodies to consult Regulated
  • Notified bodies must consult each other to ensure consistent assessment proceduresAny Person
s.020 Structural subsystems: appropriate verification assessment procedure Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Notified body must verify structural subsystems and compile technical fileStatutory regulator
s.023 Interoperability constituents: duties on operators Regulated
  • Ensure interoperability constituents are correctly installed, used and maintainedOperator
s.033 Notices relating to interoperability constituents not meeting the essential requirements Regulated
  • Contracting entities must comply with ORR notices prohibiting or restricting use of non-compliant high-speed rail componentsContractor
32 other provisions — procedural and definitional
sch. 4 sch. 4
s.001 Citation and commencement
s.002 Interpretation
s.003 Application of the Regulations
s.004 Notified bodies
s.005 Appointment of notified bodies by
s.009 Notified bodies: fees
s.010 The Strategic Rail Authority: fees
s.011 Interoperability constituents: prohibition on placing on the market
s.012 Interoperability constituents: duties on persons other than the person responsible
s.013 Structural subsystems: duties on a contracting entity
s.014 Structural subsystems: authorisation
s.015 Exemption from need to conform with the
s.016 Structural subsystems: screening decisions
s.017 Structural subsystems: staged works decisions
s.018 Fees payable to the supervisory authority
s.019 Interoperability constituents: appropriate assessment procedure
s.021 Effect of declarations
s.022 Accessibility compliance certificates
s.024 Structural subsystems: duties on owners
s.025 Interoperability constituents: position after placing on the market
s.026 Structural subsystems: duties in respect of registers
s.027 Notification of standards, technical specifications and technical rules to
s.028 Interoperability constituents: notification to the Commission
s.029 Notification to the Commission of additional checks
s.030 Interoperability constituents: recognition of assessments of other Member States
s.031 Enforcement in Great Britian
s.032 Enforcement in Northern Ireland
s.034 Defence of Due Diligence
s.035 Liability of persons other than the principal offender
s.036 Amendment of the Railways and Other Transport Systems (Approval of Works, Plant and Equipment) Regulations 1994
s.037 Transitional provisions and revocations
Schedules

Schedules

6 of 79 shown
s.sch006 The body notified responsible for checking implementation must periodically carry... Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Notified body must audit high-speed rail implementation and reportStatutory regulator
s.sch006 In addition, the notified body may pay unexpected visits to... Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Notified body must provide reports after unexpected visitsStatutory regulator
s.sch006 Each body must periodically pass on relevant information concerning the... Regulated
  • Periodically report EC verification activity to the regulatorAny Person
s.sch007 The body and the staff responsible for inspection must carry... Regulated
  • Conduct high-speed rail inspections with integrity and independenceEmployer
s.sch007 That body must employ staff and possess the means required... Regulated
  • Employ staff and maintain resources for inspection checksAny Person
s.sch007 The body must take out civil liability insurance unless that... Regulated
  • Take out civil liability insurance for inspection activitiesAny Person
73 other schedules
s.sch001 Infrastructure
s.sch001 Rolling Stock
s.sch001 Compatibility of infrastructure and rolling stock
s.sch002 basically structural areas: infrastructures energy control and command and signalling...
s.sch002 basically operational areas: maintenance environment operation users.
s.sch002 For the purposes of this Directive, the system constituting the...
s.sch002 BASIC PARAMETERS
s.sch002 For each subsystem, the list of aspects relating to interoperability...
s.sch002 Within the meaning of Article 5(3)(b), the following are regarded...
s.sch003 General requirements
s.sch003 Safety
s.sch003 The design, construction or assembly, maintenance and monitoring of safety-critical...
s.sch003 The parameters involved in the wheel/rail contact must meet the...
s.sch003 The components used must withstand any normal or exceptional stresses...
s.sch003 The design of fixed installations and rolling stock and the...
s.sch003 Any devices intended to be handled by users must be...
s.sch003 Reliability and availability The monitoring and maintenance of fixed or...
s.sch003 Health
s.sch003 Materials likely, by virtue of the way they are used,...
s.sch003 Those materials must be selected, deployed and used in such...
s.sch003 Environmental protection
s.sch003 The repercussions on the environment of the establishment and operation...
s.sch003 The materials used in the trains and infrastructures must prevent...
s.sch003 The rolling stock and energy-supply systems must be designed and...
s.sch003 Technical compatibility The technical characteristics of the infrastructures and fixed...
s.sch003 Requirements specific to each subsystem
s.sch003 Infrastructures
s.sch003 Safety Appropriate steps must be taken to prevent access to...
s.sch003 Energy
s.sch003 Safety Operation of the energy-supply systems must not impair the...
s.sch003 Environmental protection The functioning of the energy-supply systems must not...
s.sch003 The electricity supply systems used throughout the trans-European high-speed rail...
s.sch003 Control and command and signalling
s.sch003 Safety The control and command and signalling installation and procedures...
s.sch003 Technical compatibility All new high-speed infrastructures and all new high-speed...
s.sch003 Rolling stock
s.sch003 Safety The rolling-stock structures and those of the links between...
s.sch003 Reliability and availability The design of the vital equipment and...
s.sch003 Technical compatibility The electrical equipment must be compatible with the...
s.sch003 Maintenance
s.sch003 Health The technical installations and the procedures used in the...
s.sch003 Environmental protection The technical installations and the procedures used in...
s.sch003 Technical compatibility The maintenance installations on high-speed trains must be...
s.sch003 Environment
s.sch003 Health Operation of the trans-European high-speed rail system must remain...
s.sch003 Environmental protection Operation of the trans-European high-speed rail system must...
s.sch003 Operation
s.sch003 Safety Alignment of the network operating rules and the qualifications...
s.sch003 Reliability and availability The operation and maintenance periods, the training...
s.sch003 Technical compatibility The alignment of the operating rules of the...
s.sch004 multiple-use constituents These are constituents that are not specific to...
s.sch004 multiple-use constituents having specific characteristics These are multiple-use constituents which...
s.sch004 specific constituents These are constituents that are specific to railway...
s.sch004 EC declaration
s.sch004 EC declaration
s.sch004 Scope The EC declaration covers: either the assessment by a...
s.sch004 Contents of the EC declaration The EC declaration of conformity...
s.sch005 EC declaration of verification
s.sch006 EC verification
s.sch006 EC verification
s.sch006 The subsystem is checked at each of the following stages:...
s.sch006 The notified body responsible for EC verification draws up the...
s.sch006 The technical record accompanying the verification statement must be made...
s.sch006 Monitoring
s.sch006 The aim of EC monitoring is to ensure that the...
s.sch006 The notified body responsible for checking production must have permanent...
s.sch006 The complete record referred to in paragraph 4 must be...
s.sch006 The records and correspondence relating to the EC verification procedures...
s.sch007 The body, its Director and the staff responsible for carrying...
s.sch007 The staff responsible for the checks must possess: proper technical...
s.sch007 The independence of the staff responsible for inspections must be...
s.sch007 The staff of that body are bound by professional secrecy...
s.sch008 The rail network schemes are the following lines—

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