{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-safety-management-regulations-northern-ireland-2006/section-16A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-safety-management-regulations-northern-ireland-2006/section-16A.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2006/237",
  "legislation_title": "THE RAILWAYS (SAFETY MANAGEMENT) REGULATIONS (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-safety-management-regulations-northern-ireland-2006",
  "path": "section/16A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "16AA",
  "heading": "Maintenance of vehicles on the railway system",
  "text": "(1) No person may place in service or use a vehicle on the railway system unless that vehicle has an entity in charge of maintenance assigned to it, and that entity is registered as such in the National Vehicle Register.\n(2) Each entity in charge of maintenance must ensure, by means of a system of maintenance, that a vehicle for which it is in charge of maintenance is in a safe state of running.\n(3) The requirements for a system of maintenance referred to in paragraph (2) are that a vehicle must be maintained in accordance with—\n(a) the maintenance file for the vehicle;\n(b) applicable maintenance rules; and\n(c) applicable TSIs.\n(4) This Regulation does not apply to heritage vehicles.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 16AA substituted for reg. 16A (11.11.2013) by The Railways (Safety Management) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013 (S.R. 2013/237), regs. 1(1), 2(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2006/237/section/16A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:46:35.059486+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."
}