Railway Safety Act 2005

Establishment of Railway Safety Commission.

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8.—(1) There shall stand established, on the establishment day, a body to be known as, in the Irish language, An Coimisiún Sábháilteachta Iarnróid, or in the English language, the Railway Safety Commission, in this Act referred to as the “Commission”, to perform the functions assigned to it under this Act.

(2) The Commission shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and shall have a seal and power to sue and be sued in its corporate name and to acquire, hold and dispose of land or an interest in land, and to acquire, hold and dispose of any other property.

(3) The Commission shall have all such powers as are necessary for or incidental to the performance of its functions under this Act.

Annotations

Modifications (not altering text):

C15

Terms “Railway Safety Commission”, “An Coimisiún Sábháilteachta Iarnróid”, and “Commissioner for Railway Safety” construed (29.02.2016) by Public Transport Act 2016 (3/2016), s. 4(1) and (2), S.I. No. 69 of 2016.

Change of name of Railway Safety Commission to Commission for Railway Regulation

4. (1) The name of the body (established by section 8 of the Railway Safety Act 2005 ) the present name of which is, in the English language, the Railway Safety Commission, and, in the Irish language, An Coimisiún Sábháilteachta Iarnróid, shall, on and from such day as the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport appoints by order, be, in the English language, the Commission for Railway Regulation, and in the Irish language, An Coimisiún um Rialáil Iarnróid.

(2) On and from the day appointed under subsection (1) any reference in the Railway Safety Act 2005 or in any other enactment, statutory instrument, legal proceedings or other document, to—

(a) the Railway Safety Commission, shall be construed as reference to the Commission for Railway Regulation,

(b) An Coimisiún Sábháilteachta Iarnróid, shall be construed as reference to An Coimisiún um Rialáil Iarnróid, and

(c) a Commissioner for Railway Safety, shall be construed as reference to a Commissioner for Railway Regulation.

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