Prevention and Control of Fires on Line Works Regulations (SOR/2016-317)

Marginal note:Contact information for fire services

29 A local railway company must keep, in a readily accessible location, up-to-date contact information that sets out the name and telephone number of the fire service that is responsible for each area where a line work on which the local railway company conducts railway operations is located.

Marginal note:Communication

30 A local railway company must communicate its fire preparedness plan and contact information for the fire services to employees who conduct railway operations.

Records

Marginal note:Retention period

31 A local railway company must keep each document referred to below for at least five years after the day on which the document is created:

• (a) the local railway company’s fire preparedness plan and each updated version;

• (b) each updated version of the contact information for the fire services;

• (c) a record of each date on which, together with the manner in which, the local railway company’s fire preparedness plan was communicated; and

• (d) a record of each date on which, together with the manner in which, the contact information for the fire services was communicated.

Marginal note:Provision to Minister

32 A local railway company must, at the Minister’s request, provide the Minister with a copy of any document referred to in section 31.

Coming into Force

Marginal note:Six months after registration

Footnote ^*33 These Regulations come into force on the day that, in the sixth month after the month in which they are registered, has the same calendar number as the day on which they are registered or, if that sixth month has no day with that number, the last day of that sixth month.

• Return to footnote ^*[Note: Regulations in force June 16, 2017.]