Article 1 Subject matter and scopeE1

England, Wales and Scotland

This Regulation establishes a common safety method (CSM) for monitoring, enabling the effective management of safety in the railway system during its operation and maintenance activities and, where appropriate, improving the management system.

This Regulation shall be used for the following:

(a)

to check the correct application and the effectiveness of all the processes and procedures in the management system, including the technical, operational and organisational risk control measures. In case of railway undertakings and infrastructure managers, checking will include the technical, operational and organisational elements that are necessary for the issue of the certification/authorisation specified in F1regulations 7(4) and 10(3) of the Railways and Other Guided Transport Systems (Safety) Regulations 2006 or Chapter 3 of the Schedule to the Channel Tunnel (Safety) (Amendment) Order 2013;

(b)

to check the correct application of the management system as a whole, and if the management system achieves the expected outcomes; and

(c)

to identify and implement appropriate preventive, corrective or both types of measures if any relevant instance of non-compliance to points (a) and (b) is detected.

This Regulation shall apply to railway undertakings, infrastructure managers after receiving a safety certificate or safety authorisation and entities in charge of maintenance.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in Art. 1(2)(a) substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Rail Safety (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/837), regs. 1, 15(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Extent

E1: This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Scotland only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only