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Regulation 12 Appointment of inspection entityI1

United Kingdom

(1)

The administrative authority shall, in relation to a road tunnel for which it is the administrative authority appoint a person to be the inspection entity.

(2)

The person appointed as the inspection entity must be—

(a)

a Chartered Engineer or headed by a Chartered Engineer;

(b)

competent to carry out its functions; and

(c)

functionally independent of the Tunnel Manager.

F1(3)

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(4)

For the purpose of this regulation a “chartered engineer” means a person who has been designated a Chartered Engineer by the Engineering Council UK.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Reg. 12(3) omitted (20.2.2009) by virtue of The Road Tunnel Safety (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/64), regs. 1, 6

Commencement

I1

Reg. 12 in force at 22.6.2007, see reg. 1