πΌ Rail licensing
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[history] => There were two main types of rail licence holders:
- those who controlled the use of railway lines (‘access providers’). Every organisation whose railway had one rail, or a set of rails with a gauge of 550 millimetres or greater between them, was required to hold a rail licence;
- those who provided or operated rail vehicles (‘railway operators’). They were also required to have rail licences.
Most of New Zealand's rail organisations were both providers and operators. They comprised three broad groups:
- Network - larger organisations with extensive route kilometres or those operating on the national rail system, including some tourist and heritage organisations;
- Tourist and heritage - those with rail vehicles operating on short, dedicated railways;
- Industrial - organisations with railways serving factories or stores, usually on localised sites with connections to the national rail system.
Each organisation has its own safety requirements, depending on its size, nature and operational objectives.
In preparation for gaining a rail licence, each access provider and rail operator in New Zealand was required to develop a safety case. The safety case described:
- what it did (its activities);
- the risks its operations posed to safety (what could be unsafe); and
- how these risks would be minimised (how the organisation will keep things safe).
The safety case had to be approved by an authorising agency before an organisation could obtain a rail licence.
An organisation was exempt from requiring a rail licence if its:
- railway was used as an amusement device under section 21A(1) of the Machinery Act 1950;
- railway operated on a set of rails with a gauge less than 550 millimetres between them (unless it was designated as a railway line under section 59(1) of the Railways Act 2005);
- railway operated on a railway line excluded by regulations made under the Railways Act 2005 section 59(m);
- railway was a private cable car
- railway line was operated by a mining or forestry business;
- the only passengers carried were employees of the mining or forestry business;
- the only freight carried was the property or product of the mining or forestry business; and
- the operation carried out on the line was subject to regulations made under the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992.
All rail licence holders were required to be safety assessed regularly, to make sure they were complying with their safety cases. Safety assessment reports documented a licensee's performance in adhering to their safety management systems and showed the assessing agency whether a licensee was continuing to conduct their rail activities safely. Licensees were required to respond to the report findings.1
- Rail licensing - New Zealand Transport Agency website, http://www.nzta.govt.nz/commercial/rail/licensing.html (accessed 23 June 2011).
Show History
There were two main types of rail licence holders:
- those who controlled the use of railway lines (‘access providers’). Every organisation whose railway had one rail, or a set of rails with a gauge of 550 millimetres or greater between them, was required to hold a rail licence;
- those who provided or operated rail vehicles (‘railway operators’). They were also required to have rail licences.
Most of New Zealand's rail organisations were both providers and operators. They comprised three broad groups:
- Network - larger organisations with extensive route kilometres or those operating on the national rail system, including some tourist and heritage organisations;
- Tourist and heritage - those with rail vehicles operating on short, dedicated railways;
- Industrial - organisations with railways serving factories or stores, usually on localised sites with connections to the national rail system.
Each organisation has its own safety requirements, depending on its size, nature and operational objectives.
In preparation for gaining a rail licence, each access provider and rail operator in New Zealand was required to develop a safety case. The safety case described:
- what it did (its activities);
- the risks its operations posed to safety (what could be unsafe); and
- how these risks would be minimised (how the organisation will keep things safe).
The safety case had to be approved by an authorising agency before an organisation could obtain a rail licence.
An organisation was exempt from requiring a rail licence if its:
- railway was used as an amusement device under section 21A(1) of the Machinery Act 1950;
- railway operated on a set of rails with a gauge less than 550 millimetres between them (unless it was designated as a railway line under section 59(1) of the Railways Act 2005);
- railway operated on a railway line excluded by regulations made under the Railways Act 2005 section 59(m);
- railway was a private cable car
- railway line was operated by a mining or forestry business;
- the only passengers carried were employees of the mining or forestry business;
- the only freight carried was the property or product of the mining or forestry business; and
- the operation carried out on the line was subject to regulations made under the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992.
All rail licence holders were required to be safety assessed regularly, to make sure they were complying with their safety cases. Safety assessment reports documented a licensee's performance in adhering to their safety management systems and showed the assessing agency whether a licensee was continuing to conduct their rail activities safely. Licensees were required to respond to the report findings.1
- Rail licensing - New Zealand Transport Agency website, http://www.nzta.govt.nz/commercial/rail/licensing.html (accessed 23 June 2011).
- π’ New Zealand Transport Agency, National Office (2008 ‑ )
- π’ Land Transport New Zealand, National Office (2005 ‑ 2008)
- π’ Ministry of Transport, Head Office (2005 ‑ )
- π Transport (2005 ‑ )