VRIOGS 010.3 RevA - Public Transport Victoria

VRIOGS 010.3 Revision A 1SECTION 1.0 CONVENTIONS1. Words or phrases that appear capitalised out of context are defined within thedefinitions section of this VRIOG Standard.2. The word “Shall” is to be understood as mandatory.3. The word “Should” is to be understood as non-mandatory i.e. advisory orrecommended.4. Uncontrolled Standards may not be referenced within the VRIOG Standards.These include former PTC Standards, Franchisee Standards, FranchiseeSubcontractor Standards and Infrastructure Lessee Standards.5. Controlled Standards, including Australian Standards and other VRIOGStandards, may be referenced but only if:• The referenced item can not be adequately explained with an amount oftext that could not reasonably be inserted into the body of the Standard.• The reader is not referenced to another Controlled Standard necessaryfor the item to be adequately explained i.e. one document link only.• The referenced document is a Figure or table and could not reasonablybe included in the appendices of the Standard.6. The format employed in the VRIOG Standards is compatible with AustralianStandards, and will be used from this point on.7. The numbering system for the VRIOG Standards is chronologically sequentialfrom the point of introduction, and is not based on any form of interpretivesystem.8. The VRIOG Standards contain engineering information necessary to operate asafe Railway. VRIOG Standards will not contain any information that can beconstrued as a work instruction, procedure, process or protocol. Thisinformation forms the basis of each individual entity’s Safety AccreditationCertification, and, as such, is outside the scope of VRIOG Standards.NOTE:This document is controlled only when viewed on the DOT Engineering Standards website.Any other copy of this document is uncontrolled, and the content may not be current.