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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-interoperability-regulations-2011/schedule-2/paragraph-2.6",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2011/3066",
  "legislation_title": "The Railways (Interoperability) Regulations 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-interoperability-regulations-2011",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/2.6",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2.6",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Operation and traffic management\n(2.6.1) Safety\nAlignment of the network operating rules and the qualifications of drivers and on-board staff and of the staff in the control centres must be such as to ensure safe operation, bearing in mind the different requirements of cross-border and domestic services.\nThe maintenance operation and intervals, the training and qualifications of the maintenance and control centre staff and the quality assurance system set up by the operators concerned in the control and maintenance centres must be such as to ensure a high level of safety.\n(2.6.2) Reliability and availability\nThe maintenance operations and periods, the training and qualifications of the maintenance and control centre staff and the quality assurance system set up by the operators concerned in the control and maintenance centres must be such as to ensure a high level of system reliability and availability.\n(2.6.3) Technical compatibility\nAlignment of the network operating rules and the qualifications of drivers, on-board staff and traffic managers must be such as to ensure operating efficiency on the rail system, bearing in mind the different requirements of cross-border and domestic services.\n(2.6.4) Accessibility\nAppropriate steps must be taken to ensure that operating rules provide for the necessary functionality required to ensure accessibility for persons with disabilities and persons with reduced mobility.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 inserted (31.12.2020) by The Railways (Interoperability) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/345), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1) (as amended by The Railways (Interoperability) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Revocations) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/318), regs. 1(2)(b), 5(12))"
    }
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  },
  "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."
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