An Act to amend the Railway Safety Act and to make consequential amendments to the Canada Transportation Act (S.C. 2012, c. 7)

Marginal note:1999, c. 9, s. 17

15. Section 23 of the Act is repealed.

Marginal note:1994, c. 15, s. 1(F)

• 16. (1) Paragraph 24(1)(f) of the Act is replaced by the following:

  • (f) for restricting or preventing, by means of fences, signs or any other means, access to the land on which a line of railway is situated by persons — other than employees or agents or mandataries of the railway company concerned, or of the local railway company authorized to operate railway equipment on the railway — or by vehicles or animals, if their presence on that land would constitute a threat to safe railway operations;

• (2) Subsection 24(2) of the French version of the Act is replaced by the following:

  • Marginal note:Dommages-intérêts

    (2) La compagnie de chemin de fer exploitant la voie ferrée contiguë à un terrain paie au propriétaire, au locataire ou à l’occupant de celui-ci ou des bâtiments ou autres ouvrages qui y sont situés, ou au propriétaire des mines ou autres installations qui y sont exploitées, les dommages-intérêts entraînés par l’application des règlements pris sous le régime du présent article, convenus entre elle et le propriétaire, le locataire ou l’occupant ou, à défaut d’entente, fixés aux termes de l’article 26.

Marginal note:1999, c. 9, s. 20(1)

• 17. (1) Subsection 25(1) of the English version of the Act is replaced by the following:

  Marginal note:Entry onto land adjoining line of railway

  • 25. (1) For the purpose of preventing a threat to safe railway operations on a line of railway or restoring safe railway operations on a line of railway, a railway company may enter onto any land adjoining the land on which the line of railway is situated

    • (a) at any time, in order to maintain or alter railway works or remove obstructions to them, if no other access to the line of railway is reasonably available, and remain on the land for as long as is necessary to accomplish that purpose;

    • (b) at any time, in order to deal with any fire occurring on either of those lands;

    • (c) at any reasonable time, on giving notice in writing of its intention to do so to the owner of the adjoining land, in order to cut down trees or brush that has been permitted to grow on that land in contravention of regulations made under paragraph 24(1)(e); or

    • (d) at any time between November 1 and March 31, in order to install or maintain a snow fence.

• Marginal note:1999, c. 9, s. 20(3)

  (2) Subsections 25(2) and (3) of the French version of the Act are replaced by the following:

  • Marginal note:Enlèvement de paraneiges

    (2) La compagnie de chemin de fer fait enlever les paraneiges au plus tard le 1^er avril suivant la date de leur installation.

  • Marginal note:Dommages-intérêts

    (3) La compagnie de chemin de fer ou l’autorité responsable du service de voirie qui exerce les pouvoirs prévus au présent article paie au propriétaire, au locataire ou à l’occupant concerné les dommages-intérêts entraînés par cet exercice et convenus entre elle et ceux-ci ou, à défaut d’entente, fixés aux termes de l’article 26. Cet exercice n’est cependant pas subordonné au paiement préalable des dommages-intérêts.

Marginal note:1999, c. 9, s. 20.1

18. Section 26.2 of the French version of the Act is replaced by the following:

Marginal note:1999, c. 9, s. 22

19. Subsection 27(1) of the Act is replaced by the following:

Marginal note:1999, c. 9, s. 23

20. Paragraph 28(1)(a) of the Act is replaced by the following:

• 21. (1) Subsection 31(1) of the Act is replaced by the following:

  Marginal note:Inspector may forbid or restrict use of unsafe works or equipment

  • 31. (1) If a railway safety inspector is of the opinion that the standard of construction or maintenance of a line work or railway equipment of a company poses a threat to safe railway operations, the inspector

    • (a) shall, by notice sent to the company, inform the company of that opinion and of the reasons for it; and

    • (b) may, in the notice, if the inspector is satisfied that the threat is immediate, order the company to ensure that the line work or railway equipment not be used, or not be used otherwise than under terms and conditions specified in the notice, until the threat is removed to the inspector’s satisfaction.

• Marginal note:1999, c. 9, s. 24(1)

  (2) Subsection 31(2) of the French version of the Act is replaced by the following:

  • Marginal note:Interdiction d’usage pour mauvais état d’ouvrages de franchissement

    (2) L’inspecteur transmet au responsable de l’entretien d’ouvrages de franchissement un avis pour l’informer de son opinion et des motifs de celle-ci, lorsqu’il estime que les normes de construction ou d’entretien de ceux-ci risquent de compromettre la sécurité ferroviaire; il transmet aussi l’avis à la compagnie de chemin de fer concernée. S’il est convaincu que le risque est imminent, il peut en outre ordonner au responsable ou à la compagnie de chemin de fer, pour ce qui est de l’ouvrage de franchissement en cause, d’empêcher son utilisation ou de faire en sorte qu’il ne soit utilisé qu’à certaines conditions, tant que le risque ne lui paraîtra pas écarté.

• Marginal note:1999, c. 9, s. 24(1)

  (3) Subsection 31(3) of the Act is replaced by the following:

  • Marginal note:Inspector may forbid operation of certain works or equipment

    (3) If a railway safety inspector is of the opinion that the operation of a line work or railway equipment threatens the safety or security of railway operations, the inspector, by notice sent to the company or to any other person who owns or leases the equipment,

    • (a) shall inform them of that opinion and of the reasons for it; and

    • (b) may, if the inspector is satisfied that the threat is immediate, order either of them to ensure that the line work or railway equipment not be operated, or not be operated otherwise than under specified terms and conditions, unless it is operated so as to remove the threat, to the inspector’s satisfaction.

• Marginal note:1999, c. 9, s. 24(2)

  (4) Subsections 31(6) and (7) of the English version of the Act are replaced by the following:

  • Marginal note:Copies of certain notices to be served on supervisor

    (6) If a notice sent to a company under this section contains an order, the railway safety inspector who sent the notice shall send a copy of it to the company supervisor who is directly responsible for the works or equipment concerned or, in the absence of that supervisor, to the employee who is at that time in charge of the works or equipment concerned.

  • Marginal note:Effect of order

    (7) An order contained in a notice under this section has effect, in the case of a company, when the company receives the notice or when a company supervisor or employee receives a copy of it, whichever occurs first and, in the case of any other person, when they receive the notice.

• Marginal note:1999, c. 9, s. 24(3)

  (5) Subsection 31(10) of the English version of the Act is replaced by the following:

  • Marginal note:When alteration or revocation effective

    (10) An alteration or revocation of an order under this section has effect when the company or other person to whom the original notice was sent receives a notice of the alteration or revocation.

Marginal note:2001, c. 29, s. 67

22. Subsection 31.1(1) of the Act is replaced by the following:

Marginal note:2001, c. 29, s. 67

23. Section 31.5 of the English version of the Act is replaced by the following:

Marginal note:1999, c. 9, s. 25

24. Subsections 32(3) and (3.1) of the Act are replaced by the following: