Railway Operating Certificate Regulations

Marginal note:Contents of an application

• 7 (1) An application must contain all of the following:

  • (a) the applicant’s legal name;

  • (b) a description of the railways, by province and territory, on which the applicant will operate railway equipment;

  • (c) a description of the applicant’s operations;

  • (d) a list of the rules that the applicant has in order to meet the conditions of issuance; and

  • (e) an attestation by the applicant’s chief executive officer or most senior officer that the application is complete and accurate and that the applicant has the human and financial resources to operate railway equipment on a railway at the highest level of safety.

• Marginal note:List of instruments

  (2) The application must also contain a list of all the instruments — including agreements with railway companies, provincial laws and territorial laws — that contain safety requirements that apply to the operation of railway equipment by the applicant on the railways described in accordance with subsection (1). The list must

  • (a) be organized by instrument type; and

  • (b) describe each instrument and any requirements respecting

    • (i) the management of fatigue for operating employees,

    • (ii) the medical fitness for duty of employees who hold positions that are critical to the safe operation of railway equipment, and

    • (iii) employee qualifications.