Division 2 SETTING UP THE SUPERVISION STRATEGY AND PLAN(S)

The national safety authority shall:

1. (a)

   collect and analyse data/information from a variety of sources as an input to the strategy and the plan or plans. Sources could include information gathered during the assessment of safety management systems, outcomes of previous supervision activities, information from authorisations of subsystems or vehicles, national investigation bodies accident reports/recommendations, other accident/incident reports or data, railway undertakings' or infrastructure managers' annual safety reports to the national safety authority, annual maintenance reports from entities in charge of maintenance, complaints from members of the public and other relevant sources;

2. (b)

   identify in the supervision strategy risk areas for targeted supervision activities, including those emerging from the integration and management of human and organisational factors, where relevant;

3. (c)

   develop a supervision plan or plans showing how it will give effect to the supervision strategy during the lifecycle of valid single safety certificates and safety authorisations;

4. (d)

   produce an initial estimate of resources required to give effect to the plan or plans, based on the target areas identified;

5. (e)

   allocate resources to give effect to the plan or plans;

6. (f)

   address in the supervision strategy and plan(s) any matters relating to cross-border operations or infrastructure(s) through coordination with other national safety authority (or authorities).