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Remit for Rolling Stock Standards Committee
REMIT FOR ROLLING STOCK STANDARDS COMMITTEE
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Introduction
This document defines the working arrangements for the Rolling Stock
Standards Committee (the committee). It accords with the
requirements of:
The Railway Group Standards Code issue three (the Code)
The Standards Manual issue two(the Manual)
The Industry Standards Co-ordination Committee approved
statement for Rolling Stock Standards committee (see the
Manual section 6.6.1)
This document fulfils the requirements of section 6.3.2 of the Manual.
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The Committee's coverage
Within the scope defined in the remit, the committee’s coverage
includes all railway vehicles, other than vehicles used exclusively within
possessions and those items mounted on railway vehicles used for the
maintenance of the infrastructure.
The coverage therefore includes aspects of vehicle design, construction
and maintenance associated with structures, wheels and axles, brakes,
draw gear and couplings, fire resistance, derailment risk, gauge, cab
design and interior environment (air quality, lighting, noise and
vibration), visibility and audibility, train safety systems, doors and
windows, emc issues and data recorders. In addition, arrangements for
vehicle acceptance, maintenance and testing together with the supply
of safety critical products and services are included.
The committee’s coverage includes consideration of the interfaces
between items within its coverage and those within the coverage of
other standards committees (for example, the interfaces between
railway vehicles and track and structures, traction supply and signalling
systems).
The committee’s coverage includes consideration of requirements
relating to activities dealt with in general, multifunctional documents in
so far as they affect items within the committee’s coverage.
The technical scope of the committee is aligned with the scope of the
Rolling Stock sub-system, as defined for the purposes of Interoperability
and set out in Directive 2008/57/EC.
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Membership
The committee has 14 elected members representing the following
Industry Categories:
3 x Passenger train operators
2 x Non-passenger train operators
1 x Network Rail and other infrastructure managers
2 x Rolling stock owners (including rolling stock leasing
companies)
1 x Infrastructure contractors
4 x Suppliers (including rolling stock manufacturers)
1 x Member of RSSB personnel
A list of current members can be found on RSSB’s website
(http://www.rssb.co.uk/) and in the Catalogue of Railway Group
Standards published by RSSB.
Changes to membership arrangements will be subject to the relevant
change process.
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Alternate members
The arrangements for alternate members are as set out in section 7.2 of
the Manual.
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Co-opted members
If the members of the committee consider it necessary to ensure an
adequate spread of expertise on subjects within the committee’s
coverage the arrangements for co-opted members, as set out in section
7.3 of the Manual, will be applied.
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Observers
Observers are not co-opted members of the committee, but are
permitted to speak at meetings. RSSB Technical Specialists
responsible for the technical content of standards and working
instructions within the scope of the committee, attend as observers as
required.
Representatives of the Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) and the
Department for Transport (DfT) attend as observers.
Organisations responsible for representation of the UK rail industry at
European level, other persons who are materially interested in the
relevant standards, and members of the committee may nominate
persons as observers. Acceptance of nominations as an observer is for
the committee as a whole to decide.
The Chairman of the PLT SC is a co-opted member of the RST SC.
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Chairman and deputy chairman
The chairman is elected in accordance with section 6.2 of the Manual.
The name of the current chairman can be found on RSSB’s website
(http://www.rssb.co.uk/) and in the Catalogue of Railway Group
Standards published by RSSB.
It is a condition of membership that each member is willing to deputise
as chairman of the committee, if so requested by the committee.
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Secretary
The RSSB has appointed a person as secretary (section 7.7.1 of the
Manual). The secretary is responsible for the circulation of papers
before meetings, and production and circulation of minutes. Minutes of
the previous meeting and other papers for a meeting are to be available
not less than five clear business days before the meeting.
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Decision taking on Railway Group Standards
The committee’s decisions relating to the approval of new or changed
Railway Group Standards (RGS) are to be made only in accordance
with section 4 of the Code and section 8 of the Manual.
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Decision taking on deviations from Railway Group Standards
The committee’s decisions relating to the approval of deviations from
RGS are to be made only in accordance with section 6 of the Code and
section 10.4 of the Manual.
Section 6.4.2 of the Code also permits Temporary Non-compliances to
be approved by a Standards Committee chairman outside of a
committee meeting. The circumstances where the chairman of RST SC
may approve a TNC outside of a committee meeting are:
(1)
Where there is insufficient time for the application to be
considered at the next meeting given the safety or economic
implications of a delay
(2)
The scope, impacts and proposed alternative actions are similar
to deviations previously approved by the committee
(3)
The proposed TNC is unlikely to increase risk
The chairman may decline to make the decision if he:
(1)
lacks the necessary technical expertise
(2)
believes it should be made by the whole of the committee.
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Frequency of meetings
The committee has agreed to meet approximately every four to five
weeks, unless the chairman, after consulting the secretary, considers
there is insufficient business to justify a meeting.
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Quorum
The committee has agreed that a meeting is quorate if eight members
are present (including the chairman or deputy chairman).
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Establishing consensus
The committee is to work by consensus. Section 4.1.2 of the Code sets
out the rules for establishing consensus on matters within scope of the
Code, and defines it as:
Consensus: General agreement, characterised by:
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(a)
the absence of sustained opposition to substantive issues by
any member of the committee concerned; and
(b)
a process that involves seeking to take into account the views
of all those members of the committee concerned and to
reconcile conflicting arguments.
Conflicts of interest
The arrangements for dealing with potential conflicts of interest are set
out in section 7.10 of the Manual.
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Sub-committees
The arrangements for sub-committees are set out in section 7.9 of the
Manual.
The committee has created a sub-group, the GB Working Group, to
consider in detail matters relating to conventional rail rolling stock
interoperability And the CR Freight Wagon TSI mirror group.
The committee has delegated tasks relating to aerodynamics to a subcommittee, the Aerodynamics GB Working Group.
The committee has recently taken on the support of the Freight
Technical committee (section 7.7.1 of the Manual) and the chairman of
the PLT SC has been nominated as chairman of this group.
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Other rules of procedure
Subject to the provisions of section 6.3 of the Manual, the committee
may regulate its proceedings as it sees fit. The committee’s decisions
about its regulation are to be recorded in amendments to this remit.
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Liability and insurance
RSSB has arranged insurance cover for members of the committee in
respect of claims arising out of duties performed in their capacity as
members and/or chairman of the committee. RSSB will supply details
of the insurance to members on request.
Cliff Cork
Head of Infrastructure and Rolling Stock DU, RSSB
chairman, Rolling Stock Standards Committee
April 2010
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