Division 2
United Kingdom
National safety authorities shall apply the principle of proportionality between enforcement and risk. Action taken by a national safety authority to achieve compliance or bring railway undertakings to account for not meeting their legal obligations shall be proportionate to any risks to safety or to the potential seriousness of any non-compliance, including any actual or potential harm.
Notes on Annex IV
Textual amendments
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Words in Annex 4 heading substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Rail Safety (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/837), regs. 1, 12(10)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1); and words in Annex 4 heading substituted (N.I.) (31.12.2020) by The Rail Safety (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/837), regs. 1, 17(10)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)