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Content last updated 2017.11.11
Summary Description
An Act to ensure the safe operation of railways and to amend certain other Acts in consequence thereof.
Administration: Minister of Transport
Statutory Text
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Consolidated text
- Railway Safety Act (1985, c. 32 (4th Supp. ))
Regulations and Orders Pursuant to the Act
- Grade Crossings Regulations ( SOR /2014-275)
- Mining Near Lines of Railways Regulations ( SOR /91-104)
- Notice of Railway Works Regulations ( SOR /91-103)
- Railway Operating Certificate Regulations ( SOR /2014-258)
- Railway Safety Administrative Monetary Penalties Regulations ( SOR /2014-233)
- Railway Safety Management System Regulations, 2015 (SOR/2015-26)
Other Regulations
- Ammonium Nitrate Storage Facilities Regulations (No. 0-36) ( C.R.C. , c. 1145)
- Anhydrous Ammonia Bulk Storage Regulations (No. 0-33) ( C.R.C. , c. 1146)
- Chlorine Tank Car Unloading Facilities Regulations (No. 0-35) ( C.R.C. , c. 1147)
- Flammable Liquids Bulk Storage Regulations (No. 0-32) ( C.R.C. , c. 1148)
- Handling of Carloads of Explosives on Railway Trackage Regulations ( SOR /79-15)
- Heating and Power Boilers Regulations (No. 0-11) ( C.R.C. , c. 1151)
- Highway Crossings Protective Devices Regulations (No. E-6) ( C.R.C. , c. 1183) (Repealed SOR/2014-275)
- Liquefied Petroleum Gases Bulk Storage Regulations (No. 0-31) ( C.R.C. , c. 1152)
- Railway Employee Qualification Standards Regulations (1987-3 Rail) ( SOR /87-150)
- Railway-Highway Crossing at Grade Regulations (1980-8 Rail) ( SOR /80-748) (Repealed SOR/2014-275)
- Railway Prevention of Electric Sparks Regulations (1982-8 Rail) ( SOR /82-1015)
- Railway Safety Appliance Standards Regulations (No. 0-10) ( C.R.C. , c. 1171)
- Service Equipment Cars Regulations (1986-9 Rail) ( SOR /86-922)
- Specification 112 and 114 Tank Cars Regulations ( SOR /79-101)
- Wire Crossings and Proximities Regulations (No. E-11) ( C.R.C. , c. 1195)
Guidance
Other Related Acts and Regulations
- Canada Transportation Act
- Canada Labour Code
- On Board Trains Occupational Safety and Health Regulations ( SOR /87-184)
Bills (specific to the act)
Links to Bills are directed to the Parliament of Canada LEGISinfo website (http://www.parl.gc.ca/LEGISINFO/index.asp).
No current bills.
Regulatory Initiatives (specific to the act)
Depending on the date, amendments listed may not yet be included in the consolidated text.
Locomotive Emissions Regulations
Canada Gazette, Part II, Vol. 151, No. 13 – June 28, 2017
Locomotive Emissions Regulations
SOR/2017-121 June 9, 2017
Comes into force on June 9, 2017
Canada Gazette, Part I, Vol. 150, No. 25 – June 18, 2016
Locomotive Emissions Regulations (proposed)
Order Repealing Certain Regulations made Under the Railway Safety Act
Canada Gazette, Part II, Vol. 150, No. 26 – December 28, 2016
Order Repealing Certain Regulations made Under the Railway Safety Act
SOR/2016-319 December 16, 2016
Comes into force on the day on which subsection 35(2) of the Safe and Accountable Rail Act, chapter 31 of the Statutes of Canada, 2015, comes into force, but if this Order is registered after that day, it comes into force on the day on which it is registered.
Prevention and Control of Fires on Line Works Regulations
Canada Gazette, Part II, Vol. 150, No. 26 – December 28, 2016
Prevention and Control of Fires on Line Works Regulations
SOR/2016-317 December 16, 2016
These Regulations come into force on the day that, in the sixth month after the month in which they are registered, has the same calendar number as the day on which they are registered or, if that sixth month has no day with that number, the last day of that sixth month.
Canada Gazette, Part I, Vol. 150, No. 21 – May 21, 2016
Prevention and Control of Fires on Line Works Regulations (proposed)
Order Fixing the Day on which this Order is registered as the Day on which Subsection 35(2) of the Act Comes into Force
Canada Gazette, Part II, Vol. 150, No. 26 – December 28, 2016
Order Fixing the Day on which this Order is registered as the Day on which Subsection 35(2) of the Act Comes into Force
SI/2016-74 December 28, 2016
Comes into force on December 28, 2016
Regulations Amending the Railway Safety Administrative Monetary Penalties Regulations (Grade Crossings Regulations)
Canada Gazette, Part II, Vol. 150, No. 8 – April 20, 2016
Regulations Amending the Railway Safety Administrative Monetary Penalties Regulations (Grade Crossings Regulations)
SOR/2016-65 March 29, 2016
Comes into force on March 29, 2016
Canada Gazette, Part I, Vol. 149, No. 26 – June 27, 2015
Regulations Amending the Railway Safety Administrative Monetary Penalties Regulations (Grade Crossings Regulations)
Government Notices (specific to the act)
Notice of intent to amend Canadian rail safety regulations
Canada Gazette, Part I, Vol. 149, No. 26 – June 27, 2015
Notice of intent to amend Canadian rail safety regulations
News Releases / Media Advisories
- June 28, 2017 - Locomotive Emissions Regulations to reduce air pollutants
- June 17, 2016 - Proposed Locomotive Emissions Regulations reduce air pollutants
Related Reports, Documents and Links
- Railway Safety
- Railway Safety Act Review
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