RAILWAY AMENDMENT REGULATION
Railway (Alberta) Act
July 19, 2022
171/2022
For information only: Made by the Minister of Transportation (M.O. 29/22) on July 13, 2022 pursuant to sections 30 and 31 of the Railway (Alberta) Act. 1 The Railway Regulation (AR 177/2002) is amended by this Regulation. 2 Section 13(2) is repealed and the following is substituted: (2) The date on or before which the operator of a railway that erects snow fences under section 22 of the Act shall remove those snow fences is April 1 each year. 3 Section 16 is repealed and the following is substituted: Prevention and Control of Fires on Line Works Regulations 16(1) The Prevention and Control of Fires on Line Works Regulations (SOR/2016-317) under the Railway Safety Act (Canada) are declared in force with the variations or modifications prescribed in this section. (2) Section 1 is amended by adding the following after the definition of "fire service": "local railway company" and "railway company" mean a person to whom section 2 of the Railway (Alberta) Act applies. (3) Section 25 is struck out and the following is substituted: 25 A railway company must, at the Railway Administrator (Alberta)'s request, provide the Railway Administrator (Alberta) with a copy of any document referred to in section 24. (4) Section 32 is struck out and the following is substituted: 32 A local railway company must, at the Railway Administrator (Alberta)'s request, provide the Railway Administrator (Alberta) with a copy of any document referred to in section 31. 4 Section 18(3)(a) is repealed and the following is substituted: (a) by striking out clause 3.13 and substituting the following: 3.13 "Department" means the Railway Administrator (Alberta); 5 Section 23(3)(a) is repealed and the following is substituted: (a) by striking out clause 3.15 and substituting the following: 3.15 "Department" and "Department's regional office concerned" mean the Railway Administrator (Alberta); 6 Section 26 is amended (a) in subsection (1) by striking out "System" and substituting "Systems"; (b) in subsection (3)(a) by striking out "clause 2.5.1" and substituting "clause 2.5". 7 Section 27 is repealed and the following is substituted: Grade Crossings Regulations 27(1) The Grade Crossings Regulations (SOR/2014-275) under the Railway Safety Act (Canada) are declared in force with the variations or modifications prescribed in this section. (2) Section 1(1) is amended by adding the following after the definition of "public grade crossing": "railway company" means a person to whom section 2 of the Railway (Alberta) Act applies; (3) Section 3 is amended (a) in subsection (1) by striking out "an order of the Agency or in an agreement filed with the Agency under subsection 101(1) of the Canada Transportation Act" and substituting the following: "an exemption granted by the Railway Administrator (Alberta)"; (b) in subsection (2) by striking out "an order of the Agency under section 103 of the Canada Transportation Act" and substituting the following: "an exemption granted by the Railway Administrator (Alberta)"; (4) Section 98(2) and (4) are amended by striking out "Minister" and substituting "Railway Administrator (Alberta)". 8 Section 42(1)(b) is amended by striking out "railway legislation, operating rule" and substituting "railway legislation, heritage railway rule, operating rule". 9 Section 45 is amended by striking out "August 31, 2022" and substituting "August 31, 2027". 10 Sections 2 to 8 come into force on the coming into force of section 13 of the Red Tape Reduction Implementation Act, 2022.