The body notified responsible for checking implementation must periodically carry...
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Notified body must audit high-speed rail implementation and report Statutory regulator
UK Statutory Instrument
2002
United Kingdom
The Railways (Interoperability) (High-Speed) Regulations 2002
At a glance
What's here
12 compliance obligations
Who this Act binds
Plus 4 non-business duties on Crown ministers, regulators, local authorities or tribunals — shown collapsed under each section below.
What this Act requires
Sections that create concrete duties on businesses or carry penalties. Procedural and definitional sections are folded into the “Browse other sections” expander at the bottom of each group. Click any section title to read the source text on legislation.gov.uk.
Schedules
In addition, the notified body may pay unexpected visits to...
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Notified body must provide reports after unexpected visits Statutory regulator
Each body must periodically pass on relevant information concerning the...
- Periodically report EC verification activity to the regulator
The body and the staff responsible for inspection must carry...
- Conduct high-speed rail inspections with integrity and independence
That body must employ staff and possess the means required...
- Employ staff and maintain resources for inspection checks
The body must take out civil liability insurance unless that...
- Take out civil liability insurance for inspection activities
Browse 73 other Schedules — structural / supplementary
Infrastructure
Rolling Stock
Compatibility of infrastructure and rolling stock
basically structural areas: infrastructures energy control and command and signalling...
basically operational areas: maintenance environment operation users.
For the purposes of this Directive, the system constituting the...
BASIC PARAMETERS
For each subsystem, the list of aspects relating to interoperability...
Within the meaning of Article 5(3)(b), the following are regarded...
General requirements
Safety
The design, construction or assembly, maintenance and monitoring of safety-critical...
The parameters involved in the wheel/rail contact must meet the...
The components used must withstand any normal or exceptional stresses...
The design of fixed installations and rolling stock and the...
Any devices intended to be handled by users must be...
Reliability and availability The monitoring and maintenance of fixed or...
Health
Materials likely, by virtue of the way they are used,...
Those materials must be selected, deployed and used in such...
Environmental protection
The repercussions on the environment of the establishment and operation...
The materials used in the trains and infrastructures must prevent...
The rolling stock and energy-supply systems must be designed and...
Technical compatibility The technical characteristics of the infrastructures and fixed...
Requirements specific to each subsystem
Infrastructures
Safety Appropriate steps must be taken to prevent access to...
Energy
Safety Operation of the energy-supply systems must not impair the...
Environmental protection The functioning of the energy-supply systems must not...
The electricity supply systems used throughout the trans-European high-speed rail...
Control and command and signalling
Safety The control and command and signalling installation and procedures...
Technical compatibility All new high-speed infrastructures and all new high-speed...
Rolling stock
Safety The rolling-stock structures and those of the links between...
Reliability and availability The design of the vital equipment and...
Technical compatibility The electrical equipment must be compatible with the...
Maintenance
Health The technical installations and the procedures used in the...
Environmental protection The technical installations and the procedures used in...
Technical compatibility The maintenance installations on high-speed trains must be...
Environment
Health Operation of the trans-European high-speed rail system must remain...
Environmental protection Operation of the trans-European high-speed rail system must...
Operation
Safety Alignment of the network operating rules and the qualifications...
Reliability and availability The operation and maintenance periods, the training...
Technical compatibility The alignment of the operating rules of the...
multiple-use constituents These are constituents that are not specific to...
multiple-use constituents having specific characteristics These are multiple-use constituents which...
specific constituents These are constituents that are specific to railway...
EC declaration
EC declaration
Scope The EC declaration covers: either the assessment by a...
Contents of the EC declaration The EC declaration of conformity...
EC declaration of verification
EC verification
EC verification
The subsystem is checked at each of the following stages:...
The notified body responsible for EC verification draws up the...
The technical record accompanying the verification statement must be made...
Monitoring
The aim of EC monitoring is to ensure that the...
The notified body responsible for checking production must have permanent...
The complete record referred to in paragraph 4 must be...
The records and correspondence relating to the EC verification procedures...
The body, its Director and the staff responsible for carrying...
The staff responsible for the checks must possess: proper technical...
The independence of the staff responsible for inspections must be...
The staff of that body are bound by professional secrecy...
The rail network schemes are the following lines—
Requirement on notified bodies to carry out functions
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Notified bodies must carry out requested checks for high-speed rail subsystems Statutory regulator
Notified bodies: certificates of conformity etc.
- Notified body must give reasons and 28-day response period before refusing a certificate
Duties on notified bodies to consult
- Notified bodies must consult each other to ensure consistent assessment procedures
Structural subsystems: appropriate verification assessment procedure
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Notified body must verify structural subsystems and compile technical file Statutory regulator
Interoperability constituents: duties on operators
- Ensure interoperability constituents are correctly installed, used and maintained
Notices relating to interoperability constituents not meeting the essential requirements
- Contracting entities must comply with ORR notices prohibiting or restricting use of non-compliant high-speed rail components
Browse 32 other sections — procedural / definitional / commencement
sch. 4
Citation and commencement
Interpretation
Application of the Regulations
Notified bodies
Appointment of notified bodies by
Notified bodies: fees
The Strategic Rail Authority: fees
Interoperability constituents: prohibition on placing on the market
Interoperability constituents: duties on persons other than the person responsible
Structural subsystems: duties on a contracting entity
Structural subsystems: authorisation
Exemption from need to conform with the
Structural subsystems: screening decisions
Structural subsystems: staged works decisions
Fees payable to the supervisory authority
Interoperability constituents: appropriate assessment procedure
Effect of declarations
Accessibility compliance certificates
Structural subsystems: duties on owners
Interoperability constituents: position after placing on the market
Structural subsystems: duties in respect of registers
Notification of standards, technical specifications and technical rules to
Interoperability constituents: notification to the Commission
Notification to the Commission of additional checks
Interoperability constituents: recognition of assessments of other Member States
Enforcement in Great Britian
Enforcement in Northern Ireland
Defence of Due Diligence
Liability of persons other than the principal offender
Amendment of the Railways and Other Transport Systems (Approval of Works, Plant and Equipment) Regulations 1994
Transitional provisions and revocations
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