RAILWAY AMENDMENT REGULATION
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2 Section 13(2) is repealed and the following is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3 Section 16 is repealed and the following is substituted: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4 Section 18(3)(a) is repealed and the following is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5 Section 23(3)(a) is repealed and the following is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7 Section 27 is repealed and the following is substituted: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.