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assessment of those risks (including their likelihood, likely consequences and ranking);
 (iii) a description of any elimination or risk control measures that are to be used to manage, so far as is reasonably practicable, those risks, including, where appropriate, the identification of who is responsible for implementing the measures; and
 (c) the rail infrastructure manager must have systems and procedures to ensure that the details in the register are current, so far as is reasonably practicable; and
 (d) the rail infrastructure manager must have a document that provides details about how rail infrastructure within the private siding is to be maintained by it.

Division 3 Interface Co‑ordination Plans

12 Meaning of interface agreement

  In this Division interface agreement means an agreement in relation to risks in relation to railway operations that makes provision for —
 (a) implementing and maintaining control measures that are to be used to manage those risks, and providing for the evaluation, testing and, if necessary, revision, of those control measures;
 (b) the respective roles and responsibilities of each party to the agreement in relation to each control measure;
 (c) the procedures by which each party will monitor and determine whether the other party complies with its obligations under the agreement;
 (d) the exchange of information between the parties in relation to their obligations under the agreement;
 (e) the triggers for, and the frequency of, reviews of the agreement, and if necessary, the revision of the agreement.

13 Obligations on rail transport operators

 (1) A rail transport operator must take the following steps to develop and implement an interface co‑ordination plan for the purposes of section 61 (1) of the Act —
 (a) the railway operations to which the plan is to apply must be identified;
 (b) the risks to safety identified under section 61 (1) (a) that may be caused by those operations must be assessed in conjunction with the other operator;
 (c) a process must be established to seek an interface agreement with the other operator;
 (d) the process must be undertaken and pursued until there is a written interface agreement between the rail transport operator and the other operator.

 (2) The process described in subregulation (1) must be repeated by the rail transport operator with respect to every other rail transport operator referred to in section 61 (1) (a) of the Act.

 (3) A rail transport operator who has entered into an interface agreement under subregulation (1) must do everything that the operator has agreed to do under the agreement in relation to implementing, maintaining or monitoring any control measure.

14 Obligations on rail infrastructure managers

 [Drafting Note: This regulation is reserved pending ATC consideration of Amendment Bill 2 to the National Rail Safety