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1 March 2005 - HSE Website on Approval of
Railway Works Plant and Equipment
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Guide to the approval of Railway Works, Plant and Equipment.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) are now only publishing
the above guide solely on their website, rather than in the previous paper form
(L59).
The guide provides relevant information for railway Duty
holders, project managers, engineers and suppliers to the railway industry and
HMRI Railway Inspectors, as required by the Railways and Other Transport Systems
(Approval of Works, Plant and Equipment) Regulations 1994 (ROTS).
HMRI's technical division explains the new Guide as follows:
"This new guide provides industry with an assurance that
HMRI's decision making process is consistent, transparent and accountable. In
addition to the new GN, the guide combines all the other GNs into one
consolidated document with extra information on specific submission requirements
including types of evidence required and a handy reference section to enable
relevant sections to be found easily.
"We have redrawn the process diagrams to give more detail to
all parts of the process and include a new diagram on testing and trials. HSE
consulted our industry partners on the format of the guide following comments
that the document could be improved. Industry now has one document that details
from start to finish all the requirements to achieve approval of new and altered
works."
Further information on ROTS can be accessed by clicking the
following:
ROTS Approval Guidance
The Guide to the approval of Railway Works, Plant and Equipment
report can be accessed by clicking the following:
Guide to the approval report
Article by Alexandra Johnston
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