The Railways (Interoperability) Regulations 2011 PART 1A — National Technical Specification Notices and National Technical Rules

3B–3C・2 provisions

Publication of National Technical Specification Notices

3B

(1) The Secretary of State may set standards to be complied with in relation to the design, construction, placing in service, upgrading, renewal, operation and maintenance of the parts of the rail system, as well as the professional qualifications and health and safety conditions of the staff who contribute to its operation and maintenance. (2) Those standards may be set out in National Technical Specification Notices (NTSNs), which must be published by the Secretary of State. (3) NTSNs may be varied from time to time by the Secretary of State. (4) Any variation must be published by the Secretary of State. (5) Regulations 39 and 40 apply to the enforcement of the standards set out in NTSNs as they apply to the enforcement of these Regulations. (6) When the Secretary of State publishes an NTSN for the first time, and the NTSN is intended to take the place of a particular TSI as it had effect immediately before IP completion day, the NTSN must specify the TSI it replaces. (7) When the Secretary of State publishes an NTSN or a variation of an NTSN and that NTSN substantially reproduces the provisions of a TSI, the NTSN must specify the title of the TSI it substantially reproduces at the time of publication.

Publication of a list of National Technical Rules

3C

(1) The Secretary of State may set supplementary standards to be complied with in relation to the design, construction, placing in service, upgrading, renewal, operation and maintenance of the parts of the rail system, as well as the professional qualifications and health and safety conditions of the staff who contribute to its operation and maintenance. (2) Those standards may be set out in NTRs which supplement NTSNs. (3) On IP completion day, the Secretary of State must publish a list of all NTRs applying in the United Kingdom. (4) Where appropriate, the list must specify the notified national technical rule that an NTR replaces. (5) The list of NTRs may be varied from time to time by the Secretary of State. (6) Any variation to the list must be published by the Secretary of State. (7) Regulations 39 and 40 apply to the enforcement of the standards set out in NTRs as they apply to the enforcement of these Regulations.

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