Railway Safety (Reporting and Investigation of Serious Accidents, Accidents and Incidents Involving Certain Railways) Act 2020

Interpretation

1. In this Act—

“heritage railway” has the same meaning as it has in the Railway Safety Act 2005 ;

“Investigation Unit” means the Railway Accident Investigation Unit established under Regulation 4 of the Regulations of 2014;

“light railway” and “metro” each has the same meaning as it has in the Transport (Railway Infrastructure) Act 2001 ;

“public road” has the meaning assigned to it by section 2 of the Roads Act 1993 ;

“Regulations of 2014” means European Union (Railway Safety) (Reporting and Investigation of Serious Accidents, Accidents and Incidents) Regulations 2014 ( S.I. No. 258 of 2014 );

“Regulations of 2020” means the European Union (Railway Safety) (Reporting and Investigation of Serious Accidents, Accidents and Incidents) Regulations 2020 ( S.I. No. 430 of 2020 ).