• National Railway Safety Regulator Act, 2002 (Act No. 16 of 2002)
  • Act
    • Notice No. 1049 of 2002
  • Preamble
  • Chapter 1 : Definitions and Interpretation
    • 1. Definitions and interpretation
  • Chapter 2 : Purpose and Application
    • 2. Purpose of Act
    • 3. Application of Act
  • Chapter 3 : Establishment and Governance of Railway Safety Regulator
    • 4. Establishment of Railway Safety Regulator
    • 5. Objects of Regulator
    • 6. Co-operative governance
    • 7. Functions of Regulator
    • 8. Board of Regulator
    • 9. Chief executive officer of Regulator
    • 10. Staff of Regulator
    • 11. Delegation and assignment by board
    • 12. Vacation of office of board members
    • 13. Meetings of board
    • 14. Minutes of board meetings
    • 15. Committees of board
    • 16. Remuneration of directors and committee members
    • 17. Funds of Regulator
    • 18. Financial year of Regulator
    • 19. Disagreements between Minister and board
    • 20. Reporting to Minister and Parliament
    • 21. Judicial management and liquidation of Regulator
  • Chapter 4 : Safety Permits
    • 22. Railway undertakings requiring safety permit
    • 23. Application for safety permit
    • 24. Conditions of safety permit
    • 25. Reasons for decision
    • 26. Suspension, revocation and surrender of safety permit
    • 27. Prohibition of transfer of safety permit
  • Chapter 5 : Safety Management
    • Part 1 : Safety management systems and standards
      • 28. Safety management systems and safety management system reports
      • 29. Standards
    • Part 2 : Rolling stock, infrastructure and stations
      • 30. Regulations regarding design, construction, operation and alteration
    • Part 3 : Non-railway operations affecting safety
      • 31. Regulations regarding infrastructure or activity
  • Chapter 6 : Entry and Inspection
    • 32. Appointment of railway safety inspector
    • 33. Powers and duties of railway safety inspector
    • 34. Duty to assist railway safety inspector
    • 35. Duty to produce documents
    • 36. Powers of railway safety inspector to deal
  • Chapter 7 : Railway Occurrence Reporting and Investigations
    • 37. Railway occurrence reporting
    • 38. Railway occurrence investigations
  • Chapter 8 : Monitoring, Assessment and Information
    • 39. Establishment of national railway safety information
    • 40. Provision of information
    • 41. Access to information
    • 42. Regulations regarding monitoring, assessment and information
  • Chapter 9 : Appeal and Dispute Resolution
    • 43. Appeal to chief executive officer against decision
    • 44. Appeal to board against decision of chief executive officer
  • Chapter 10 : Offences and Remedies
    • 45. Offences
    • 45A. Penalties
    • 46. Enquiry in respect of compensation for harm, loss
    • 47. Award of damages
    • 48. Offences in relation to employer and employee
    • 49. Liability of juristic person
  • Chapter 11 : General Provisions regarding Regulations
    • 50. Making of regulations
    • 51. Consideration of regulations
  • Chapter 12 : General and Transitional Provisions
    • 52. State bound
    • 53. Limitation of liability
    • 54. Financial assistance
    • 55. International co-operation
    • 56. Effect of delegation and assignment
    • 57. Documents deemed to be properly authorised and issued
    • 58. Documents and steps taken valid under
    • 59. Service of documents
    • 60. Repeal of laws
    • 61. Short title and commencement
• Regulations
  • Safety Permit Fee Regulations
    • Notice No. R. 1135 of 2008
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Schedule of fees
    • 3. Total rail cost
    • 4. Short title and commencement
  • Penalty Fee Regulations, 2011
    • Notice No. R. 105 of 2011
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Purpose
    • 3. Application of Regulations
    • 4. Factors considered by the Regulator in imposing a penalty
    • 5. Contravention notice
    • 6. Payment of Penalty by operator
    • 7. Publication of contravention notice
    • 8. Recovery of penalty
    • 9. Service of contravention notice
    • 10. Appeal
    • 11. Annual review of schedule of contraventions and penalties
    • 12. Short title and commencement
    • Schedule A : Contraventions
  • Regulations regarding Infrastructure or Activity affecting Safe Railway Operations, 2020
    • Notice No. 604 of 2020
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Purpose of Regulations
    • 3. Scope of application
    • 4. Identifying and securing railway reserve
    • 5. Activities carried out within and around railway reserve
    • 6. Minimum measures to prevent encroachment
    • 7. Maintenance of railway reserve
    • 8. Elimination or decommissioning of activities within railway reserve
    • 9. Provision of bridges and subways
    • 10. Activities in proximity to railway reserve
    • 11. Reporting
    • 12. Offences and Penalties
    • 13. Appeals
    • 14. Transitional arrangement
    • 15. Short title and commencement
  • Regulations on Notifiable Railway Occurrences, 2022
    • Notice No. 1066 of 2022
    • Part A: General Provisions
      • 1. Definitions
      • 2. Purpose
      • 3. Scope
    • Part B: Mandatory Notifiable Railway Occurrences
      • 4. General
      • 5. Operational Railway Occurrences
      • 6. Security-related Railway Incidents
      • 7. Precursors or Leading Indicators
      • 8. Fatalities and Injuries
    • Part C: Railway Occurrence Reporting
      • 9. General
      • 10. Immediate telephonic notification
      • 11. Immediate written notification
      • 12. Daily Occurrence Reports
      • 13. Ad Hoc Reports
    • Part D: Additional Railway Occurrence Information to be submitted
      • 14. Quarterly Reports
      • 15. Offences and Penalties
      • 16. Short Title
    • Appendices
      • Appendix A: Railway Occurrences
        • Table 1: Operational Occurrences
        • Table 2: Security-related Incidents
        • Table 3: Quarterly Reportable Precursors and Leading Indicators per occurrence category
        • Table 4: Fatalities and Injuries
      • Appendix B: Quarterly Reporting Template
        • Table 1: Operational Occurrences
        • Table 2: Security-related Occurrences
        • Table 3: Quarterly Reportable Precursors and Leading Indicators per occurrence category
        • Table 4: Total Number of Fatalities
      • Appendix C: 12 Hour Reporting Template
      • Appendix D: Immediate Reporting Template
  • Railway Safety and Security Regulations, 2022
    • Notice No. 1067 of 2022
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Purpose
    • 3. Application
    • Part A: Railway Security Requirements
      • 4. Security Compliance Requirements
      • 5. Security Management Plan
      • 6. Submission of the Security Management Plan
      • 7. Appointment of a Security Compliance Officer
    • Part B: Regulations regarding Safety of Persons
      • 8. Compliance Requirements for Safety of Persons
      • 9. Appointment of Safety of Persons Officer
      • 10. Safety of Persons within Station Precinct
      • 11. Submission of Safety of Persons Compliance Plan
      • 12. Oversight by Regulator
      • 13. Reporting
      • 14. Exemptions
      • 15. Offences
      • 16. Penalties
      • 17. Appeals
      • 18. Short title and Commencement
  • Railway Safety Standards Development Regulations, 2022
    • Notice No. 1284 of 2022
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Application
    • 3. Factors to be considered in development, adoption or acceptance of standards
    • 4. Procedure for development, adoption or acceptance of standards or existing standards as regulator standards
    • 5. Procedure for adoption or acceptance of national standards
    • 6. Procedure for development, adoption or acceptance of industry standards
    • 7. Procedures for development, adoption or acceptance of local standards
    • 8. Responsibility, review and amendment of standards
    • 9. Repeal of Regulations
    • 10. Short title
• Notices
  • Determination of Safety Permits Fees for the 2011/2012 financial year
    • Notice No. R. 90 of 2011
  • Determination of Permits Fees for the 2017/18 financial year
    • Notice No. 446 of 2017
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Application Fees
    • 3. Other Safety Permit Fees for Railway Operations
    • 4. Permit Fee Rates 
    • 5. Application of Notice
    • 6. Short Title and Commencement
  • Determination of Permit Fees for the 2018/19 Financial Year
    • Notice No. 481 of 2018
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Application Fees
    • 3. Other Safety Permit Fees for Railway Operations
    • 4. Permit Fee Rates for Non and Rail-Related Revenue Generating Train Operators, Network Operators and Station Operators
    • 5. Application of Notice
    • 6. Short Title and Commencement
  • Determination of Safety Permit Fees for the 2019/20 Financial Year
    • Notice No. 578 of 2019
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Application Fees
    • 3. Other Safety Permit Fees for Railway Operations
    • 4. Permit Fee Rates for Non and Rail-Related Revenue Generating Train Operators, Network Operators and Station Operators
    • 5. Permit Fee Rates for Rail-Related Revenue Generationg Train Operators, Network Operators and Station Operators
    • 6. Application of Notice
    • 7. Short Title and Commencement
  • Determination of Safety Permit Fees for the 2020/21 Financial Year
    • Notice No. 527 of 2020
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Application Fees
    • 3. Other Safety Permit Fees for Railway Operations
    • 4. Permit Fee Rates for Non-Rail-Related Revenue Generating Train Operators, Network Operators and Station Operators
    • 5. Permit Fee Rates for Rail-Related Revenue Generating Train Operators, Network Operators and Station Operators
    • 6. Application of Notice
    • 7. Short Title
  • Determination of Safety Permit Fees for the 2021/22 Financial Year
    • Notice No. 338 of 2021
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Application Fees
    • 3. Other Safety Permit Fees for Railway Operations
    • 4. Permit Fee Rates for Non-Rail-Related Revenue Generating Train Operators, Network Operators and Station Operators
    • 5. Permit Fee Rates for Rail-Related Revenue Generating Train Operators, Network Operators and Station Operators
    • 6. Application of Notice
    • 7. Short Title
  • Determination of  Permit fees under section 23(2) of the Act
    • Notice No. 2084 of 2022
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Application Fees
    • 3. Other Safety Permit Fees for Railway Operations
    • 4. Permit Fee Rates for Non-Rail-Related Revenue Generating Train Operators, Network Operators and Station Operators
    • 5. Permit Fee Rates for Rail-Related Revenue Generating Train Operators, Network Operators and Station Operators
    • 6. Application of Notice
    • 7. Short Title
  • Determination of Safety Permit Fees for the 2023/24 financial year
    • Notice No. 3053 of 2023
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Application Fees
    • 3. Other Safety Permit Fees for Railway Operations
    • 4. Permit Fee Rates for Non-Rail-Related Revenue Generating Train Operators, Network Operators and Station Operators
    • 5. Permit Fee Rates for Rail-Related Revenue Generating Train Operators, Network Operators and Station Operators
    • 6. Application of Notice
    • 7. Short Title
  • Determination of Safety Permit Fees for the 2024/2025 Financial Year
    • Notice No. 2393 of 2024
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Application fees
    • 3. Other safety permit fees for railway operations
    • 4. Permit fee rates for non-rail related revenue generating train operators, network operators and station operators
    • 5. Permit fee rates for rail-related revenue generating train operators, network operators and station operators
    • 6. Application of Notice
    • 7. Short title
• Proclamations
  • Proclamation No. 66 of 2009