<P> As a result, the Minister explained that - </P> <Dl> <Dd> <Dl> <Dd> "...the Bill now before the House and include the establishment of performance - based rail safety duties for rail operators, managers of rail infrastructure, contractors working on rolling stock or rail infrastructure, and rail safety workers including drivers and maintainers of rolling stock and infrastructure to ensure safety so far as reasonably practicable . This effectively imposes rail safety duties and obligations on each person in the rail industry who is in a position to affect safety and clearly identifies the roles and the safety chain of responsibility between them . The duties emphasise the responsibility of each participant to take steps as far as reasonably practicable to identify hazards and manage risks to safety that are within their control . This includes persons whose influence on safety exists' upstream', such as persons involved in design, manufacture, maintenance, repair and modification of rail infrastructure and rolling stock ." </Dd> </Dl> </Dd> </Dl> <Dd> <Dl> <Dd> "...the Bill now before the House and include the establishment of performance - based rail safety duties for rail operators, managers of rail infrastructure, contractors working on rolling stock or rail infrastructure, and rail safety workers including drivers and maintainers of rolling stock and infrastructure to ensure safety so far as reasonably practicable . This effectively imposes rail safety duties and obligations on each person in the rail industry who is in a position to affect safety and clearly identifies the roles and the safety chain of responsibility between them . The duties emphasise the responsibility of each participant to take steps as far as reasonably practicable to identify hazards and manage risks to safety that are within their control . This includes persons whose influence on safety exists' upstream', such as persons involved in design, manufacture, maintenance, repair and modification of rail infrastructure and rolling stock ." </Dd> </Dl> </Dd> <Dl> <Dd> "...the Bill now before the House and include the establishment of performance - based rail safety duties for rail operators, managers of rail infrastructure, contractors working on rolling stock or rail infrastructure, and rail safety workers including drivers and maintainers of rolling stock and infrastructure to ensure safety so far as reasonably practicable . This effectively imposes rail safety duties and obligations on each person in the rail industry who is in a position to affect safety and clearly identifies the roles and the safety chain of responsibility between them . The duties emphasise the responsibility of each participant to take steps as far as reasonably practicable to identify hazards and manage risks to safety that are within their control . This includes persons whose influence on safety exists' upstream', such as persons involved in design, manufacture, maintenance, repair and modification of rail infrastructure and rolling stock ." </Dd> </Dl>

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