Railway Safety Act 2005

Interpretation (Part 9).

85

85.—In this Part—

“analysis” includes any operation used in determining the presence (if any) of a drug in a specimen of blood or urine, and cognate words shall be construed accordingly;

“analysis body” means a person who, in the opinion of a F112[railway organisation] concerned and the Commission, is competent to carry out an analysis of a sample and is independent of the F112[railway organisation] concerned and of any other F112[railway organisation];

“authorised person” means a person appointed to be an authorised person under section 95;

“code of conduct” means the code of conduct drawn up by a F112[railway organisation] under section 88(1)(a) or amended under section 88(10) and accepted by the Commission under section 88(5);

“drug” includes all drugs whether legally obtained or otherwise;

F112[railway organisation]” means a F112[railway organisation] to which this Part applies;

“safety critical task” has the meaning assigned to it in Part 10;

“safety critical worker” has the meaning assigned to it in Part 10;

“sample” means the provision of a specimen of blood or urine in accordance with sampling procedures;

“sampling procedures” means procedures established under section 88(1) (b) or amended under section 88(10) and accepted by the Commission under section 88(5).

Annotations

Amendments:

F112

Substituted (25.11.2013) by European Union (Railway Safety) Regulations 2013 (S.I. No. 444 of 2013), reg. 20(1)(d).