National Rail Safety Regulators

30 June, 2011
How to Complete the Accreditation Application Form

This guidance material explains how to prepare an application for accreditation.

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20 January, 2011
Guidance for Safety Performance Reports

The purpose of this document is to provide guidance to primarily commercial rail transport operators on the preparation and submission of safety performance reports as required under national model rail safety laws.

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19 April, 2010
Safety Management System Guidance for Tourist and Heritage Rail Transport Operators

This guidance material outlines the legislative requirements and associated processes for Tourist and Heritage Rail Transport Operators in preparing their Safety Management Systems, as reflected in the National Model Rail Safety Legislation.

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28 January, 2010
Guidance on Rail Contracting Arrangements and Safety Obligations

The purpose of this document is to provide guidance on:

· the general duties of rail transport operators, and other persons carrying out railway operations such as contractors;

· identifying who may be accredited to undertake certain railway operations;

· options for meeting the requirement that contractors carrying out railway operations must comply with the rail transport operator’s SMS; and

· good practice in contract management.

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18 January, 2010
Notification of Change Guideline for the Australian Rail Industry

This guideline outlines the legislative requirements and associated process for accredited Rail Transport Operators in regard to advising Rail Safety Regulators of Notification of Change(s), as reflected in the national model rail safety legislation.
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27 March, 2009
Guidance - Definition of Private Sidings

RSRP Guidance - Definition of Private Sidings
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26 February, 2009
Contributing Factors Framework (CFF)

The CFF is a consistent, structured framework which enables rail safety investigators, rail transport operators and regulators to record and analyse the contributing factors identified during the systemic investigation of rail safety occurrences.

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14 October, 2008
Review of National Level Crossing Statistics

This report analyses data for a range of level crossing-related incidents including fatalities, train collisions with road vehicles and precursor incidents such as near misses. It also considers data quality issues which influence industries and governments' ability to assess safety performance.
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19 June, 2008
ON-S1 and OC-G1

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02 November, 2006
Guideline on Rail Resource Management

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