The Railways Infrastructure (Access, Management and Licensing of Railway Undertakings) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016
These Regulations implement Directive 2012/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 November 2012, establishing a single European railway area (Recast) (O.J. No. L343, 14.12.12, p.32) (“the Directive”). The Directive repeals 3 key EU measures: (i) Council Directive 91/440/EEC of 29 July 1991 on the development of the communities railways (O.J. No. L237, 24.8.1991, p.25): (ii) Council Directive 95/18/EC of 19 June 1995 on the licensing of railway undertakings (O.J. No. L143, 27.06.1995, p.70): and (iii) Directive 2001/14/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2001 on the allocation of railway infrastructure capacity and the levying of charges for the use of railway infrastructure and safety certification (O.J. No. L75, 5/03/2001, p.29), together with the various Directives amending these and consolidates these provisions in one place. The Directive also makes some substantive changes to the consolidation legal obligations, although most of these remain unchanged.