Transportation of Dangerous Goods by Rail Security Regulations

Marginal note:Persons required to undergo security plan training

• 11 (1) A person who is employed by or is acting directly or indirectly for a railway carrier or railway loader to which this section applies is required to undergo training on the security plan if that person

  • (a) offers for transport, handles or transports by railway vehicle, in Canada, any of the dangerous goods set out in Schedule 1; or

  • (b) is responsible, in Canada, for implementing the security plan or any portion of it but does not perform any of the duties referred to in paragraph (a).

• Marginal note:Provision of training

  (2) The railway carrier or railway loader must ensure that training on the security plan is provided to the person

  • (a) before the day on which the person initially undertakes the duties referred to in paragraph (1)(a), unless the person has, before that date, received training that meets the requirements of section 12;

  • (b) within six months after the later of the day on which this subsection comes into force and the day on which the person initially undertakes the responsibility referred to in paragraph (1)(b), unless the person has, before that date, received training that meets the requirements of section 12; and

  • (c) on a recurrent basis at least once every three years after the day on which a person completed their previous training, including any training received before the coming into force of this subsection that meets the requirements of section 12.

• Marginal note:Supervision

  (3) The railway carrier or railway loader must ensure that, until a person with the duties referred to in paragraph (1)(b) undergoes training on the security plan, the person performs their duties under the supervision of a person who has undergone training on the components of the plan that are relevant to the duties of the person being supervised.