RAILWAY SAFETY BILL SENT TO NCOP FOR CONCURRENCE

RAILWAY SAFETY BILL SENT TO NCOP FOR CONCURRENCE

• 25 October 2023
• Parliament
• SA Legal Academy

A ‘B’ version of the Railway Safety Bill has been passed by the National Assembly and sent to the NCOP for concurrence. According to a memorandum on its objects, among other things the Bill seeks to:

• facilitate the role of operators in managing and implementing safety measures by:
  • addressing the ‘concerns raised over time’, and
  • removing ‘perceived conflicts of interest’, and to
• strengthen the Railway Safety Regulator in ‘promoting safety and ensuring compliance’ with safety measures by providing for the introduction of:
  • ‘a framework of safety critical grades’ and safety management systems, and
  • a national railway safety information and monitoring system.

Once operationalised, the proposed new piece of legislation will repeal and replace the National Railway Safety Regulator Act, 2002.

• Bill’s ‘B’ version
• parliamentary media statement announcing the Bill’s referral to the NCOP

Published by SA Legal Academy Policy Watch

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