184Variation, revocation or imposition of condition of or restriction on accreditation by Safety Director

184 Variation, revocation or imposition of condition of or restriction on accreditation by Safety Director

(1) This section applies if before the commencement day—

(a) the Safety Director has—

(i) decided under section 55(1) of the Local Operations Act to vary or revoke a condition of or restriction on, or impose a new condition of or restriction on, an accreditation within the meaning of that Act held by a transitioning rail transport operator; and

(ii) given written notice to the operator under section 55(2)(a) of that Act before the commencement day; and

(b) the Safety Director has not taken any action under that section before that day.

(a) the decision under section 55(1) of the Local Operations Act is taken to be a decision of the Regulator under section 72 of the Law; and

(b) that notice is taken to be notice given to the transitioning rail transport operator by the Regulator under section 72(2)(a) of the Law; and

(c) the Regulator may act under section 72 of the Law as if the Regulator took the decision to do so under that section.

(3) For the purposes of subsection (2)(b), any period of days within which the transitioning rail transport operator is allowed to make written representations under section 55(2)(b) of the Local Operations Act before the commencement day is taken, on the commencement day, to form part of the period of days allowed for written representations under section 72(2)(b) of the Law.

S. 185 inserted by No. 41/2019 s. 19.