The Railways (Interoperability) (High-Speed) Regulations 2002

In forceThis text since 24 Apr 2002law://uk/uksi/2002/1166@2026-11-12

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Type: Statutory instrument · UKSI 2002/1166
Made by: UK Government (statutory instrument)
Extent: England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland

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Amends 1: Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 19745 provisions

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a relevant upgrading project
means a project to upgrade an infrastructure subsystem, an energy subsystem, or a control and command and signalling subsystem.
accessibility compliance certificate
means a certificate which is obtained in respect of any high-speed rolling stock that constitutes a rail vehicle within the meaning of section 46 of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 issued pursuant to the procedure in regulation 22, and which includes details of any exemption orders made under section 47(1) of that Act in respect of that high-speed rolling stock;
Article 21 Committee
means the Committee set up pursuant to Article 21 of the high-speed Directive;
authorised high-speed infrastructure
means infrastructure subsystems, energy subsystems, and control and command and signalling subsystems that have been authorised for placing into service under regulation 14;
authorised high-speed rolling stock
means high-speed rolling stock that has been authorised for placing into service under regulation 14.
British standard implementing a European standard
means a European standard transposed into a British standard by the British Standards Institution;
certificate of conformity
means a certificate drawn up by the notified body in relation to a structural subsystem as part of the verification assessment procedures for that structural subsystem;
common technical specification
means a technical specification, drawn up in accordance with a procedure recognised by the Member States with a view to uniform application in all Member States which has been published in the Official Journal and is in force, and includes a TSI;
conformity declaration
means an EC declaration of conformity of an interoperability constituent drawn up for the purposes of regulation 11;
conformity or suitability for use assessment procedures
means the procedures specified in regulation 19 and includes any combination of those procedures which the circumstances so require;
contracting entity
means any person who, in relation to a structural subsystem used in or intended for use in the construction, upgrading or operation of the rail network schemes— (a) has contracted with another person for the manufacture or construction by that other person of that structural subsystem;
design
includes the selection of a design.
EEA
means the European Economic Area;
European specification
means a common technical specification, a European technical approval or a British standard implementing a European standard;
European standard
means a standard approved by the European Committee for Standardisation or by the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardisation as a European Standard or a Harmonisation Document, according to the Common Rules of those organisations or by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute according to its own rules as a European Telecommunications Standard;
European technical approval
means an approval of the fitness of a product for a particular use given by an approval body designated for the purpose by a Member State following a technical assessment of whether the product fulfils all essential requirements for such a product, having regard to the inherent characteristics of the product and any such defined conditions of application and use as are provided for in any Council Directive applicable to the product;
high-speed infrastructure
means the infrastructure described in paragraph 1 of Schedule 1;
high-speed rolling stock
means the subsystem constituting rolling stock described in paragraph 2 of Schedule 1, capable of use on a rail network scheme;
implementation plan
means a description of how a contracting entity will manage and undertake the works, the interface of infrastructure with rolling stock, and the impact of the works on other persons who may be affected by those works.
interested person
means a person who is or expects to be subject to the duties imposed by regulation 12.
interoperability
means the ability of the trans-European high-speed rail system to allow the safe and uninterrupted movement of high-speed rolling stock;
interoperability constituent
means any elementary component, group of components, sub-assembly or complete assembly of equipment that is incorporated or intended to be incorporated into a structural subsystem upon which the interoperability of the trans-European high-speed rail system depends and that has been specified by— (a) a TSI covering a particular subsystem as being an interoperability constituent;
minor works
includes— (a) minor alterations;
notified body
has the meaning given by regulations 4 and 37 and the references in paragraph 5.3 of Schedule 6 to a body notified, in paragraph 6 of Schedule 6 to each body, and in paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 6 and 7 of Schedule 7 to the body and that body shall be construed as a reference to a notified body;
notified standards
means the standards, technical specifications and technical rules notified by the Secretary of State to the Commission pursuant to regulation 27;
Official Journal
means the Official Journal of the European Communities;
placing into service
means, in respect of a structural subsystem, first using that subsystem on or as part of a rail network scheme for use in the transportation of passengers or freight;
placing on the market
means making an interoperability constituent available for purchase with a view to its use on the trans-European high-speed rail system;
project
means a discrete scheme for the construction or upgrading of the whole or a part of a rail network scheme;
rail network scheme
means one of the lines specified in Schedule 8 (which form part of the trans-European high-speed rail system);
rolling stock
means a vehicle falling within the definition of rolling stock in section 83(1) of the Railways Act 1993 except that where such a vehicle can only be operated as part of a fixed formation multiple unit it means all of that unit;
RVAR
means the requirements imposed by the Rail Vehicle Accessibility Regulations 1998;
screening decision
has the meaning given by regulation 16(1);
staged works decision
has the meaning given by regulation 17(2);
structural subsystems
means— (a) high-speed rolling stock;
subsystem
means— (a) high-speed rolling stock;
supervisory authority
means the Executive, except in relation to— (a) the Channel Tunnel system, where it means the Intergovernmental Commission;
technical file
means a file relating to a structural subsystem which contains the matters required by regulation 13(9) and regulation 24(1)(b) and (c), and any reference in the schedules to the “technical record” shall be construed as a reference to the technical file;
the 1974 Act
means the Health and Safety at Work etc.
the 1978 Order
means the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978;
the 2000 Regulations
means the Railways (Interoperability)(Notified Bodies) Regulations 2000;
the Authority
means the Strategic Rail Authority except in relation to Northern Ireland where it means the Department;
the Channel Tunnel system
has the meaning given by section 1(7) of the Channel Tunnel Act 1987 to the words “the tunnel system”;
the Commission
means the Commission of the European Communities;
the Department
means the Department for Regional Development established by article 3(1) of the Departments (Northern Ireland) Order 1999;
the Executive
means the Health and Safety Executive except in relation to Northern Ireland where is means the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland;
the high-speed Directive
means Council Directive No. 96/48/EC of 23rd July 1996 on the interoperability of the trans-European high-speed rail system, and any reference in the Schedules to “the Directive” shall be construed accordingly.
the Intergovernmental Commission
has the same meaning as in the Channel Tunnel Act 1987;
trans-European high-speed rail system
means the high-speed infrastructure and high-speed rolling stock described in Schedule 1;
upgrading
means any major work on a structural subsystem which changes the performance of that structural subsystem and which either— (a) the contracting entity is satisfied;
verification assessment procedure
means the procedures specified in regulation 20;
verification declaration
means an EC declaration of verification in relation to a structural subsystem, drawn up pursuant to regulation 13(6);