Sch 10 para 3 Interpretation
In this Schedule— “ accreditation ” has the meaning in Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9th July 2008 setting out the requirements for accreditation and market surveillance relating to the marketing of products and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 339/93 ; “ causes ” means actions, omissions, events or conditions, or a combination thereof, which led to the accident or incident; “ common safety methods ” (“ CSMs ”) means the methods developed to describe how safety levels and achievement of safety targets and compliance with other safety requirements are assessed; “ designated standard ” has the meaning provided in Article 3A of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 402/2013 on the common safety method for risk evaluation and assessment and repealing Regulation (EC) No 352/2009 , as it has effect in Great Britain; “ incident ” means any occurrence, other than an accident, associated with the operation of trains and affecting the safety of operation; “ infrastructure manager ” means any body or undertaking that is responsible in particular for establishing and maintaining railway infrastructure, or a part thereof, as defined in Article 3 of Directive 91/440/EEC , which may also include the management of infrastructure control and safety systems. The functions of the infrastructure manager on a network or part of a network may be allocated to different bodies or undertakings; “ investigation ” means a process conducted for the purpose of accident and incident prevention which includes the gathering and analysis of information, the drawing of conclusions, including the determination of causes and, when appropriate, the making of safety recommendations; “ maintenance workshop ” means a mobile or fixed entity composed of staff, including those with management responsibility, tools and facilities organised to deliver maintenance of vehicles, parts, components or sub-assemblies of vehicles; “ national safety authority ” means one or both of the safety authority in Great Britain and the safety authority for the tunnel system; “ railway system ” means the totality of the subsystems in Great Britain for structural and operational areas, as defined in paragraph 2(1) to 2(7) of Annex II to Directive 2008/57/EC , as well as the management and operation of the system as a whole; “ railway undertaking ” means a public or private undertaking, licensed according to applicable legislation, the activity of which is to provide transport of goods and/or passengers by rail on the basis that the undertaking must ensure traction; this also includes undertakings which provide traction only; “ release to service ” means the assurance given to the fleet maintenance manager by the entity delivering the maintenance that maintenance has been delivered according to the maintenance orders; “ return to operation ” means the assurance, based on a release to service, given to the user, such as a railway undertaking or a keeper, by the entity in charge of maintenance that all appropriate maintenance works have been completed and the wagon, previously removed from operation, is in a condition to be used safely, possibly subject to temporary restrictions of use.