Public Transport Act 2016

Change of name of Railway Safety Commission to Commission for Railway Regulation

4. (1) The name of the body (established by section 8 of the Railway Safety Act 2005 ) the present name of which is, in the English language, the Railway Safety Commission, and, in the Irish language, An Coimisiún Sábháilteachta Iarnróid, shall, on and from such day as the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport appoints by order, be, in the English language, the Commission for Railway Regulation, and in the Irish language, An Coimisiún um Rialáil Iarnróid.

(2) On and from the day appointed under subsection (1) any reference in the Railway Safety Act 2005 or in any other enactment, statutory instrument, legal proceedings or other document, to—

(a) the Railway Safety Commission, shall be construed as reference to the Commission for Railway Regulation,

(b) An Coimisiún Sábháilteachta Iarnróid, shall be construed as reference to An Coimisiún um Rialáil Iarnróid, and

(c) a Commissioner for Railway Safety, shall be construed as reference to a Commissioner for Railway Regulation.

(3) An order under subsection (1) shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas.

(4) The Railway Safety Act 2005 is, on the day appointed under subsection (1), amended—

(a) in section 2(1), by substituting for the definition of “Commission” the following:

“ ‘Commission’ means Commission for Railway Regulation;”,

and

(b) in section 14, by substituting for subsection (2) the following:

“(2) Each member of the Commission shall be known as a Commissioner for Railway Regulation and is in this Act referred to as a ‘commissioner’.”.