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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-access-to-training-services-regulations-2006/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2006/598",
  "legislation_title": "The Railways (Access to Training Services) Regulations 2006",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations implement, in part, article 13 of Council Directive 2004/49/EC dated 29 April 2004 on safety on the Community’s railways (“the Safety Directive”). The effect of these regulations is to confer on railway undertakings applying for a safety certificate, infrastructure managers, and staff performing safety critical tasks a right of access to training services provided by other bodies. Access must be provided in a fair and non-discriminatory fashion and, where the services are provided by only one railway undertaking or infrastructure manager, the price for the use of those services must be reasonable and non-discriminatory. Relevant experience gained with another employer must be able to be taken into account by railway undertakings recruiting certain categories of staff and, for that purpose, employees are granted access to, and the right to obtain copies of, the relevant documentation (regulation 4).\nIf railway undertakings, infrastructure managers or their employees are denied the access to which these regulations entitle them, or if the price charged for such access is contrary to the provisions in these regulations, a right of appeal to the Office of Rail Regulation is provided (regulation 5).\nThe remainder of the Safety Directive is transposed by the Railways and other Guided Transport Systems (Safety) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/599) (“the safety regulations”).\nThe Regulatory Impact Assessment for the safety regulations, which includes information relevant to these regulations, has been prepared by the Health and Safety Executive (“HSE”) and copies can be obtained, until 1 April 2006, from the HSE, Rose Court, 1 Southwark Bridge, London, SE1 9HS (www.hse.gov.uk), and thereafter from the Office of Rail Regulation, 1 Waterhouse Square, 138 – 142 Holborn, London EC1N 2TX (www.rail-reg.gov.uk). A copy has been placed in the Library of each House of Parliament.\nA copy of the Transposition Note is also available from the HSE/ Office of Rail Regulation as indicated above.\nCopies of the Regulatory Impact Assessment and of the Transposition Note may also be accessed on the OPSI website www.opsi.gov.uk.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
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  "version": "current",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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