National Railway Safety Regulator Act, 2002 (Act No. 16 of 2002)RegulationsRailway Safety Standards Development Regulations, 20227. Procedures for development, adoption or acceptance of local standards |
| (1) | The procedure set out in subregulation (2) applies to the development of local standards and the amendment of existing local standards in order to ensure safe railway operations. |
(2)
| (a) | The operator must establish a local standards committee for the development, review and editing of local standards. |
| (b) | The local standards committee contemplated in paragraph (a) must— |
| (i) | make use of relevant local expertise to develop the local standards; |
| (ii) | in developing local standards, address specific local, geographical, route, operational, interface or intraface requirements; |
| (iii) | review and edit the proposed developed local standards; and |
| (iv) | submit the proposed developed local standards to the operator's representative who has the relevant authority and responsibility for adoption. |
| (c) | The operator must approve and adopt the proposed local standards submitted by the local standards committee. |
| (d) | The approved local standards must be communicated to all interested and affected parties for implementation. |
| (3) | An operator who has developed local standards in accordance with the procedure set out in subregulation (2) must be able to demonstrate to the Regulator that— |
| (a) | the proposed local standards were based on appropriate practice; and |
| (b) | due process had been followed in the development of the local standards. |
(4)
| (a) | An operator may, in circumstances where an immediate threat is posed to safe railway operations, implement a local standard prior to the review and editing thereof by a local standards committee. |
| (b) | The local standard contemplated in paragraph (a) must be reviewed and edited by the local standard committee within five working days of implementation, as contemplated in paragraph (a). |