Information Centre - Glossary
| Term | Definition | |||
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| HSE | Formerly the Health and Safety Executive; merged with HSC from April 2008 | |||
| HSWA | The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 | |||
| ILGGRI | The International Liaison Group of Government Railway Inspectorates | |||
| Infrastructure manager | In relation to infrastructure other than a station, is responsible for developing and maintaining that infrastructure or, in relation to a station, is responsible for managing and operating that station, except that it shall not include any person solely on the basis that he carries out the construction of that infrastructure or station or its maintenance, repair or alteration; and manages and uses that infrastructure or station, or permits it to be used, for the operation of a vehicle – see The Railways and Other Guided Transport Systems (Safety) Regulations 2006 | |||
| IRSE | Institution of Railway Signal Engineers | |||
| KPI | Key performance indicator | |||
| Locomotive | Any railway vehicle which has the capacity for self-propulsion (whether or not the power by which it operates is derived from a source external to the vehicle) – see The Railways Act 1993 | |||
| LOLER | Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 | |||
| LUL | London Underground Ltd | |||
| MHSWR | Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 | |||
| NEBOSH | National Examining Board in Occupational Safety and Health | |||
| NRES | National Rail Enquiry Service | |||
| OLE | Overhead line electrification equipment | |||
| PACTS | Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety | |||
| PPM | Planned preventative maintenance or Percentage of passenger trains arriving within a specified lateness | |||
| PSR | Permanent speed restriction | |||
| PTA | Passenger transport authority | |||
| PTE | Passenger transport executive | |||
| PUWER | Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 | |||
| RAIB | Rail Accident Investigation Branch | |||
| Railway undertaking | European term means railway undertaking as defined in Directive 2001/14/EC, and any other public or private undertaking, the activity of which is to provide transport of goods and/or passengers by rail on the basis that the undertaking must ensure traction; this also includes undertakings which provide traction only. UK legislation uses term – transport undertaking | |||
| RGS | Railway Group Standard | |||
| RIA | Regulatory impact assessment – required by the Government for any proposal fro regulation that has an impact on businesses, charities or voluntary bodies. | |||
| RIAC | Railway Industry Advisory Committee – advises the ORR Board on railway health and safety matters. | |||
| ROGS | Railways and Other Guided Transport Systems (Safety) Regulations 2006 | |||
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