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National Railway Safety Regulator Act, 2002 (Act No. 16 of 2002)

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Railway Safety Standards Development Regulations, 2022

6. Procedure for development, adoption or acceptance of industry standards

 

(1) The procedure to be followed by a railway industry association in the—
(a) development, adoption or acceptance of standards for safe railway operations; and
(b) amendment of existing industry standards,

is as set out in subregulation (2).

 

(2)

(a) The railway industry association must establish a technical committee that will assist the railway industry association  in the development, adoption or acceptance of an industry  standard.
(b) The technical committee may, where considered necessary, appoint a working group that consist of experts in the field to be covered by the industry standard concerned.
(c) Where a working group has been appointed, such a working group must be responsible for the development of the relevant draft industry standard.
(d) The technical committee must conduct the technical review and editing of the draft industry standard referred to in paragraph (c) and approve the draft industry standard.
(e) Once approval in terms of paragraph (d) has been obtained, the proposed industry standard must be published by the technical committee, for a period of not less than 60 days, in the Government Gazette for comment by interested parties.
(f) The technical committee must, after the collation and consideration of public comments received, incorporate the relevant comments into the proposed industry standards.
(g) The proposed industry standard contemplated in paragraph (f) must be submitted to the railway industry association for approval and adoption.
(h) Subject to subregulation (3), the approved industry standards must be published in the Government Gazette by the railway industry association, after the Regulator is satisfied that all due processes have been followed.
(j) The approved and adopted railway industry standards must be communicated by the railway industry association to its members.

 

(3) The railway industry association must inform the Regulator of the  approved industry standard and demonstrate that due process has been followed with regard to the development, adoption or acceptance of the industry standard concerned.