Sch 10 para 29 Contracting activities — a structured approach to ensure that subcontracted activities are managed appropriately in order for the organisation's objectives to be achieved
(1) The organisation must have procedures in place to ensure that safety related products and services are identified. (2) When making use of contractors and/or suppliers for safety related products and services, the organisation must have procedures in place to verify at the time of selection that— (a) contractors, subcontractors and suppliers are competent; (b) contractors, subcontractors and suppliers have a maintenance and management system that is adequate and documented. (3) The organisation must have a procedure to define the requirements that such contractors and suppliers have to meet. (4) The organisation must have procedures to monitor the awareness of suppliers and/or contractors of risks they entail to the organisation's operations. (5) When the maintenance/management system of a contractor or supplier is certified, the monitoring process described in paragraph 23 may be limited to the results of the contracted operational processes referred to in paragraph 23(1)(b). (6) At least the basic principles for the following processes must be clearly defined, known and allocated in the contract between the contracting parties— (a) responsibilities and tasks relating to railway safety issues; (b) obligations relating to the transfer of relevant information between both parties; (c) the traceability of safety-related documents.