National Railway Safety Regulator Act, 2002 (Act No. 16 of 2002)Chapter 5 : Safety ManagementPart 1 : Safety management systems and standards29. Standards |
| (1) | The Minister must make regulations on the procedure to be followed by the board and any other person in the development, adoption or acceptance of standards for safe railway operations. |
[Subsection (1) substituted by section 14 of Act No. 69 of 2008]
| (2) | Standards adopted by the board in compliance with the prescribed procedure become binding on all persons authorised under this Act to conduct railway operations. |
| (3) | The board may, subject to the principles and objects of this Act, grant exemption from compliance with any standard to any person authorised under this Act to conduct railway operations. |
| (4) | Should a conflict arise between the standards and the regulations, the regulations concerned prevail. |