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that describe the authorities given to personnel with safety responsibilities to enable them to meet those responsibilities.

D. Regulatory Compliance

 1. Systems and procedures for the identification of safety requirements under the Act and other safety legislation.

 2. Systems and procedures to ensure compliance with those requirements.

E. Document Control Arrangements and Information Management

  Systems and procedures to control and manage all documents and information relevant to the management of risks to safety associated with railway operations, including systems and procedures for —
 (a) the identification, creation, maintenance, management, storage and retention of records and documents; and
 (b) ensuring the currency of documents required for operations; and
 (c) the communication of any changes to the document control systems and procedures to rail safety workers and employees of the rail transport operator who rely on those systems and procedures to carry out their work.

F. Review of the safety management system

 1. Systems and procedures for the review of the safety management system in accordance with section 59 of the Act and regulation 20.

 2. Documentation of the matters set out in regulation 20 (3).

G. Safety Performance Measures

 1. Systems and procedures to ensure that the safety management system is effective by using key performance indicators to measure safety performance and to determine the effectiveness of the safety management system.

 2. Systems and procedures to ensure the collection, analysis, assessment and dissemination of safety information held by the rail transport operator.

H. Safety Audit Arrangements

 1. An audit program that provides for —
 (a) the scheduling and frequency of audits; and
 (b) safety management system audits as part of the audit program; and
 (c) the giving of priority to those matters that represent the greatest safety risk.

 2. Documented audit procedures to ensure there is a process for the collection of information to determine whether the railway operations comply with the safety management system and to determine the effectiveness of the safety management system.

 3. Procedures to ensure that auditors —
 (a) have the skills and knowledge to undertake audits; and
 (b) are independent from the area being audited to the maximum extent that is practicable.

 4. Procedures for —
 (a) communicating the results of audits to those people who are responsible for the oversight of the railway operations in the area audited for review and, where appropriate, for corrective action; and
 (b) where appropriate, the registration and effective implementation of recommendations for action identified by the audit; and
 (c) the review of the effectiveness of the audit program.

I. Corrective Action

 1. Procedures to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that corrective action is taken in response to any safety deficiencies identified following inspections, testing, audits, investigations or