Rail Safety News - Issue 5 - May 2011 - Transport Safety Victoria

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16 > under the Rail Safety Act 2006 (Vic) Safety interface agreements TABLE OF CONTENTS
17 Safety interface agreements (SIA) have been introduced to allow all stakeholders with rail/rail interface or road/ rail safety responsibilities to enter into an agreement to assess risks to safety so far as is reasonably practicable, as well as agree to controls that will reduce or eliminate the risk to safety at the interface. Interfaces can include such things as level crossings (where a road crosses rail lines at the same level), pathways (footpaths or shared paths) that cross rail lines at the same level, and bridges carrying rail over road, or road over rail. Rail pedestrian crossings, bridges, overpasses and underpasses intersecting with railways should be included in safety interface agreements. On 1 July 2010, the SIA provisions in the Rail Safety Act 2006 (Vic) (RSA) came into effect. SIA replace the current requirement for interface coordination plans that relate to rail operators and other persons at interfaces, and introduce new complementary obligations on both rail operators and road managers. Documentation of the risk assessment process and all decisions made is an integral part of a safety interface agreement. SIA should be part of a rail operator’s general risk management documentation and processes (including as referenced in the safety management system). For rail operators at rail/rail interfaces and rail infrastructure managers and road managers of rail/public road interface they must: • identify and assess risks to safety at interfaces they have responsibility for, so far as is reasonably practicable • determine measures to manage those risks so far as is reasonably practicable • seek to enter into SIA with other relevant parties (owners of private roads, crown land). Rail operators with interfaces at rail /relevant (non-public) roads must identify and assess risks separately (to the road manager) and consider whether joint management is necessary – if joint management is necessary written notification should be sent to the relevant road manager. If the > TABLE OF CONTENTS
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