{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-and-other-guided-transport-systems-safety-regulations-2006/schedule-10/paragraph-21",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-and-other-guided-transport-systems-safety-regulations-2006/schedule-10/paragraph-21.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2006/599",
  "legislation_title": "The Railways and Other Guided Transport Systems (Safety) Regulations 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-and-other-guided-transport-systems-safety-regulations-2006",
  "path": "schedule/10/paragraph/21",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "21",
  "heading": "Leadership: commitment to the development and implementation of the maintenance system of the organisation and to the continuous improvement of its effectiveness",
  "text": "The organisation must have procedures for—\n(a) establishing a maintenance policy appropriate to the organisation's type and extent of service and approved by the organisation's chief executive or his or her representative;\n(b) ensuring that safety targets are established, in line with the legal framework and consistent with an organisation's type, extent and relevant risks;\n(c) assessing its overall safety performance in relation to its corporate safety targets;\n(d) developing plans and procedures for reaching its safety targets;\n(e) ensuring the availability of the resources needed to perform all processes to comply with the requirements of this Part;\n(f) identifying and managing the impact of other management activities on the maintenance system;\n(g) ensuring that senior management is aware of the results of performance monitoring and audits and takes overall responsibility for the implementation of changes to the maintenance system;\n(h) ensuring that staff and staff representatives are adequately represented and consulted in defining, developing, monitoring and reviewing the safety aspects of all related processes that may involve staff.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Schs. 8-11 inserted (31.12.2020) by The Rail Safety (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/837), reg. 1, Sch. para. 1 (as amended in Sch. 11 paras. 14, 16, 17 by S.I. 2019/1310, reg. 1(2)(c), Sch. 1 paras. 2, 3, 4); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/599/schedule/10/paragraph/21",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:35:37.659804+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}