{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-safety-case-regulations-2000/regulation-16",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2000/2688",
  "legislation_title": "The Railways (Safety Case) Regulations 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-safety-case-regulations-2000",
  "path": "regulation/16",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Transitional provisions",
  "text": "(1) A safety case accepted pursuant to the 1994 Regulations and which is current immediately before the coming into force of these Regulations shall, subject to the requirements imposed by paragraph (3), be treated as if it had been accepted pursuant to these Regulations.\n(2) In relation to a safety case referred to in paragraph (1) an infrastructure controller shall—\n(a) prepare a revision to that safety case for the purposes of including such matters as are required to be included in the safety case by these Regulations and which were not required by the 1994 Regulations; and\n(b) submit the revision to the Executive within 6 months of the coming into force of these Regulations.\n(3) In relation to a safety case referred to in paragraph (1) a railway operator (other than an infrastructure controller) shall—\n(a) prepare a revision to that safety case for the purposes of including such matters as are required to be included in the safety case by these Regulations and which were not required by the 1994 Regulations; and\n(b) submit the revision to the relevant infrastructure controller and to the Executive by the date by which the periodic review would have been required by virtue of regulation 6(3) of the 1994 Regulations, save that—\n(i) where the date of that review would fall within the period of 6 months from the coming into force of these Regulations, the revision shall be submitted not later than 6 months after the coming into force of these Regulations; and\n(ii) where the date of that review would fall outside the period of 2 years from the coming into force of these Regulations, the revision shall be submitted not later than 2 years after the coming into force of these Regulations.\n(4) The provisions of these Regulations shall apply to a revision submitted under paragraphs (2) or (3) as they apply to a revision submitted under regulation 7(3).\n(5) Until 31st December 2003, regulation 6 shall apply to a safety case accepted pursuant to the 1994 Regulations and which is still current immediately before the coming into force of these Regulations as if the reference to 3 years were a reference to 3 years from the date of the last review undertaken pursuant to regulation 6(3) of the 1994 Regulations.\n(6) Any exemption granted by the Executive under regulation 11 of the 1994 Regulations and which has not been revoked shall, notwithstanding the revocation of the 1994 Regulations, continue in force and shall have effect as if it had been granted pursuant to regulation 17 of these Regulations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [
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      "type": "am",
      "affecting": "uksi/2001/3291",
      "affecting_title": "The Railway Safety (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2001"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/2688/regulation/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:13:01.699909+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."
}