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These Regulations may be cited as the Railways (Accident Investigation and Reporting) (Amendment) Regulations 2005 and shall come into force on 11th January 2006.
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(1) The Railways (Accident Investigation and Reporting) Regulations 2005   shall be amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2(1), after the definition of  “Safety Directive” insert— “
                “working days” shall be taken to exclude Saturdays, Sundays, Christmas Day, Good Friday and, in relation to an accident or incident that occurs in England and Wales, any day which, under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 , is a bank holiday in England and Wales, in relation to an accident or incident that occurs in Scotland, any other day which, under that Act, is a bank holiday in Scotland and, in relation to an accident or incident that occurs in Northern Ireland, any day which, under that Act, is a bank holiday in Northern Ireland.“
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(3) In regulation 12(4), before  “determine” insert  “reasonably”.
Alistair Darling
Secretary of State
Department for Transport
