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

    • (i) has the human and financial resources to operate railway equipment on a railway at the highest level of safety, and

    • (ii) has or will have a safety management system that meets the requirements of the Railway Safety Management System Regulations, 2015.

• 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.