In an initiative to address this problem, a tripartite task group was established soon after the Leon commission under the auspices of the Mining Regulation Advisory Committee (MRAC) to revise the then existing Department of Minerals and Energy (DME) Guideline for Underground Rail Bound Transport, and the then existing Minerals Act Regulations, Chapter 18, dealing with rail bound transport. Arising from this work new Regulations were issued in Chapter 8 of the Mine Health and Safety Act (MHSA), 1996 (Act No. 29 of 1996) Regulations which came into force in 2004 and a guideline was issued on 1 August 2003 and came into force on 1 February 2004.

Despite the above revised legislation accidents involving rail bound equipment remained unacceptably high and in 2012 the Mine Health and Safety Council (MHSC) requested MRAC again to review the legislation to include appropriate minimum performance standards. This led to a current review of this Guideline and the Regulations.