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when due, the Rail Safety Regulator may charge an amount up to [local variations] for each period of [local variations] after that date.

 [Drafting note: A reference to local variations in this Part is intended to encompass local variations by which fees are set by a mechanism other than regulations or additional advice on calculation of fees, for example in respect of pro rata levying for the first part year of operation.]
Schedule 1 Content of the Safety Management System

A. Safety Policy

 1. A safety policy or policies that aligns or align with other organisational policies and that is, or that are, endorsed by the CEO and Board (or any other person or body controlling the rail transport operator).

 2. A safety policy or policies that includes or include an express commitment to safety, the development and maintenance of a positive safety culture and the continuous improvement of all aspects of the safety management system.

AA. Safety Culture

  [Reserved until there is national agreement]

B. Governance and Internal Control Arrangements

 1. Systems and procedures to ensure that the CEO and Board (or any other person or body controlling the rail transport operator), or the people managing the railway operations, have sufficient knowledge —
 (a) of the risk profile of the railway operations carried out by the rail transport operator to enable the rail transport operator to proactively manage the risks arising from those operations; and
 (b) of the level of compliance by the organisation with its duties and obligations under the Act and these Regulations; and
 (c) to determine whether —
 (i) the safety management system is working effectively; and
 (ii) risks to safety are being identified, assessed and managed so far as is reasonably practicable; and
 (iii) controls used to monitor safety and to manage risks to safety are being regularly reviewed and revised.

 2. Systems and procedures to ensure that decisions and directions made by the CEO and Board (or any other person or body controlling the rail transport operator), or of the people managing the railway operations, that affect safety are being implemented effectively.

C. Management, Responsibilities, Accountabilities and Authorities

 1. Policies that indicate how safety responsibilities, accountabilities, authorities and interrelationships have been determined.

 2. Documents that describe the responsibilities, accountabilities, authorities and interrelation of the personnel who manage or carry out rail safety work, or who verify such work.

 3. Procedures for the reporting of risks to safety by personnel with safety responsibilities.

 4. Documents 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