Regulation 2 Amendment to the Railways (Safety Management) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006I1

for the definition of “common safety targets” (“CSTs”)”, substitute—

• ““common safety targets” (“CSTs”) means the minimum safety levels as set out in paragraph 17 of Schedule 7, that must be reached by the railway system, or parts of the railway system, expressed in risk categories as defined in paragraph 2 of Schedule 7;”;

for the definition of “Department”, substitute—

““Department” means the Department for Infrastructure established by article 3(1) of the Departments (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 M2 and renamed by section 1(6) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 M3;)”;

omit the definition of “European Railway Agency”;

after the definition of “new”, insert—

““Office of Rail and Road” means the body established by section 15 of the Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003 M4 and renamed by the Office of Rail Regulation (Change of Name) Regulations 2006 M5;”;

for the definition of “safety authority”, substitute—

““safety authority” means—

(a)

as regards a member State of the European Union, the authority established in that State in accordance with article 16.1 of the Directive;

(b)

as regards Great Britain, the Office of Rail and Road;

(c)

as regards Northern Ireland, the Department;”;

in paragraph (3), for “European Railway Agency”, substitute “ Office of Rail and Road ”;

for paragraph (4) substitute—

“(4)

Annual reports for each calendar year must be sent to the Office of Rail and Road by 30th September in the year following the calendar year to which the report refers.”;

in paragraph (5), for “European Railway Agency”, substitute “ Office of Rail and Road ”.