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Railway Safety Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. 32 (4th Supp.))

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Act current to 2024-03-06 and last amended on 2022-09-02. Previous Versions

RELATED PROVISIONS

  • — 1998, c. 30, s. 10

    • Transitional — proceedings

      10 Every proceeding commenced before the coming into force of this section and in respect of which any provision amended by sections 12 to 16 applies shall be taken up and continued under and in conformity with that amended provision without any further formality.

  • — 2007, c. 19, s. 58

    • Police constables appointed under section 158 of the Canada Transportation Act

      58 Every police constable appointed under section 158 of the Canada Transportation Act who holds office on the day on which section 54 of this Act comes into force is deemed to have been appointed under section 44 of the Railway Safety Act, as enacted by section 54 of this Act.

  • — 2012, c. 7, s. 41

    • Agreements continued

      41 An agreement entered into or a designation made under section 157.1 of the Canada Transportation Act in respect of any matter referred to in section 6.1 of the Railway Safety Act, as enacted by section 6, continues in force in accordance with its terms until it is replaced by an agreement entered into under that section 6.1.

  • — 2012, c. 7, s. 42

    • Agreements continued

      42 An agreement entered into under section 158 of the Canada Transportation Act in respect of any matter referred to in section 6.2 of the Railway Safety Act, as enacted by section 6, continues in force in accordance with its terms until it is replaced by an agreement entered into under that section 6.2.

  • — 2012, c. 7, s. 43

    • Grace period for obtaining certificate

      43 For the period ending two years after the day on which section 10 comes into force, section 17.1 of the Railway Safety Act, as enacted by section 10, does not apply to a company that was operating or maintaining a railway on that day or that was operating railway equipment on a railway on that day.

  • — 2012, c. 7, s. 44

    • Grace period for obtaining certificate

      44 For the period ending two years after the day on which section 17.2 of the Railway Safety Act, as enacted by subsection 11(2), comes into force, the requirement to comply with a railway operating certificate imposed by that section 17.2 does not apply to a company that has no railway operating certificate if that company was operating or maintaining a railway on that day or was operating railway equipment on a railway on that day.


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