# The Railways and Other Guided Transport Systems (Safety) Regulations 2006, Paragraph 3: Amendment to the Railway Safety Regulations 1999


(1) The Railway Safety Regulations 1999 shall be amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation)—
(a) in paragraph (1)—
(i) for the definition of “infrastructure controller” substitute—
““infrastructure controller” means a person who controls railway infrastructure;”;
(ii) after the definition of “railway” insert—
““railway infrastructure” means fixed assets used for the operation of a railway including its permanent way and plant used for signalling or exclusively for supplying electricity for operational purposes to the railway, but it does not include a station;”;
(iii) after the definition of “speed restriction” insert—
““station” means a railway passenger station or terminal, but does not include any permanent way or plant used for signalling or exclusively for supplying electricity for operational purposes to the railway;”; and
(b) after paragraph (4) add—
“(4A) Any reference in these Regulations to a person who controls railway infrastructure is a reference to a person who—
(a) in the course of a business or other undertaking carried on by him (whether for profit or not);
(b) is in operational control of that infrastructure,
except that where such control is for the time being exercised by a person undertaking maintenance, repair or alteration work on the infrastructure, it is a reference to a person who would be in operational control of the infrastructure if such work were not being undertaken.”.
(3) In paragraph 2 to the Schedule (meaning of railway), for the definition of “tramway” substitute—
““tramway” means a system of transport used wholly or mainly for the carriage of passengers—
(a) which employs parallel rails which—
(i) provide support and guidance for vehicles carried on flanged wheels; and
(ii) are laid wholly or partly along a road or in any other place to which the public has access (including a place to which the public only has access on making payment); and
(b) on any part of which the permitted speed is such as to enable the driver to stop a vehicle in the distance he can see to be clear ahead;”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/599/schedule/6/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/railways-and-other-guided-transport-systems-safety-regulations-2006/schedule-6/paragraph-3
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