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South Africa
Disaster Management Act, 2002
Preventative Measures in the Railway Operations (COVID19 Control Measures on the Operations by Rail) Directions, 2020
Government Notice 494 of 2020
- Published in Government Gazette no. 43273 on 4 May 2020
- Assented to on 4 May 2020
- Commenced on 4 May 2020
- [Up to date as at 2 September 2020]
- [Amended by Preventative Measures in the Railway Operations (COVID19 Control Measures on the Operations by Rail) Directions, 2020: Amendment (Government Notice 536 of 2020) on 14 May 2020]
- [Amended by Preventative Measures in the Railway Operations (COVID19 Control Measures on the Operations by Rail) Directions, 2020: Amendment (Government Notice 613 of 2020) on 1 June 2020]
- [Amended by Preventative Measures in the Railway Operations (COVID19 Control Measures on the Operations by Rail) Directions, 2020: Amendment (Government Notice 950 of 2020) on 2 September 2020]
1. Definitions
In these directions, any other word or expression to which a meaning has been assigned in the Act shall have that meaning assigned to it in the Act, and unless the context requires otherwise -"the Act" means the National Railway Safety Regulator Act, 2002 (Act No. 16 of 2002);"COVID-19" means the Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCov2) which is an infectious disease caused by a virus that has previously not been scientifically identified in humans, which emerged during 2019 and was declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organisation in 2020;"Disaster Management Act" means Disaster Management Act, 2002 (Act No 57 of 2002);"isolation" means separating a sick individual with a contagious disease from healthy individuals without that contagious disease in such a manner as to prevent the spread of infection or contamination;"Minister" means the Minister as defined in the Act;"National Institute of Communicable Diseases" means a specialised national public health institute established under the National Health Laboratory Services to provide reference microbiology, virology, epidemiology, surveillance and public health research to support the government's response to communicable disease threats."national state of disaster" means the national state of disaster declared by Government Notice No. R. 312 of 15 March 2020; and"Railway Safety Regulator" means the Regulator as defined in the Act.2. Authority
3. Purpose of directions
The purpose of the directions is to provide for the:(a)Development of COVID-19 Management Plan;(b)Health and awareness;(c)Procedures at hand-over points, loading points and terminal depots;(d)Provision of access, hygiene, screening equipment and disinfection control at the train stations, terminals and hand-over facilities;(e)Prohibition of overcrowding and overloading of trains;(f)Reporting to the Railway Safety Regulator and the relevant authorities;(g)Oversight responsibilities by Railway Safety Regulator;(h)Suspension of Rail Operations;(i)Resumption of commuter service;(j)Operating time;(k)Declaration of essential services.4. Application of the directions
These directions are applicable to all rail operators issued with a safety permit in terms of the Act.5. Development of COVID-19 management plan
6. Health and awareness
Operators must implement health and awareness campaign on the COVID-19 to rail passengers, Contractors, Commuters and Customers within their operational jurisdiction.7. Procedure at hand-over points, loading points and terminal depots
8. Provision of access, hygiene, screening equipment and disinfection control at train stations, terminals and hand-over facilities
9. Prohibition of overcrowding and overloading of trains
10. Reporting to the Railway Safety Regulator and the relevant authorities
11. Oversight responsibilities by Railway Safety Regulator
12. Long-distance rail services
13. Rail services
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[direction 14 deleted by section 3 of Government Notice 950 of 2020]15. Declaration of essential service
For the purpose of these directions the following services are declared as essential services:(a)Rolling Stock Maintenance,(b)Rail maintenance; and(c)Rail Logistics operators.16. Repeal of Directions
The Directions published by Government Notice No. 414 of the Government Gazette 43159 of 26 March 2020, are hereby repealed.17. Short title and commencement
These Directions are called Preventative Measures in the Railway Operations (COVID-19 Control Measures on the Operations by Rail) Directions, 2020, and comes in to operation on the date of publication by the Minister in the Gazette.- Entire Government Notice
- Preface
- 1. Definitions
- 2. Authority
- 3. Purpose of directions
- 4. Application of the directions
- 5. Development of COVID-19 management plan
- 6. Health and awareness
- 7. Procedure at hand-over points, loading points and terminal depots
- 8. Provision of access, hygiene, screening equipment and disinfection control at train stations, terminals and hand-over facilities
- 9. Prohibition of overcrowding and overloading of trains
- 10. Reporting to the Railway Safety Regulator and the relevant authorities
- 11. Oversight responsibilities by Railway Safety Regulator
- 12. Long-distance rail services
- 13. Rail services
- 14. ***
- 15. Declaration of essential service
- 16. Repeal of Directions
- 17. Short title and commencement
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