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Memoranda of Understanding

The Office of Rail Regulation has Memoranda of Understanding with a number of different government departments. Their purpose is to promote effective co-ordination of the regulatory roles of each body, and effective co-operation between them. It is not intended to be legally binding or to create expectations whose non-fulfilment would give rise to rights at law.

Memoranda of understanding are sometimes accompanied by Agency Agreements which relate the functions which the ORR has agreed to perform of others.

28 Aug 2008 PDF Memorandum of Understanding between the Coroners' Society of England and Wales and the Office of Rail Regulation (213 Kb)
12 Jun 2008 PDF Memorandum of Understanding between ORR and HSE, Northern Ireland relating to railway safety in Northern Ireland (49 Kb)
13 Nov 2007 PDF Memorandum of Understanding between ORR and Department of Regional Development, Northern Ireland (106 Kb)
The purpose of this MoU is to set out a broad framework within which both the nature and extent of the advice and support that ORR gives to DRDNl in connection with the exercise by DRDNl of their functions concerning railway safety in Northern Ireland; and conditions under which that advice and support is given.
11 Sep 2007 PDF Agency Agreement between the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the Scottish Executive, the Welsh Ministers and ORR relating to pesticides (120 Kb)
31 Jul 2007 PDF Cooperation and information exchange between ORR and the PPP Arbiter (108 Kb)
We have agreed that the there are mutual benefits in cooperation and exchange of information between ORR and the Arbiter for the London Underground Public Private Partnership Agreements. This is formalised in this exchange of letters. Also available are the working arrangements put in place within ORR to meet what we have agreed.
2 Nov 2006 PDF Memorandum of Understanding between DfT, HSE and ORR in relation to the carriage of radioactive materials (77 Kb)
31 Oct 2006 PDF Agency Agreement between HSE, ORR and DfT in relation to the carriage of radioactive materials (43 Kb)
25 Jul 2006 PDF Memorandum of Understanding between ORR and Local Authorities (111 Kb)
24 Jul 2006 PDF Memorandum of Understanding between RAIB, BTP, ACPO and ORR (72 Kb)
MoU between the Rail Accident Investigation Branch, British Transport Police, Association of Chief Police Officers and ORR.
24 Jul 2006 PDF Memorandum of Understanding between RAIB, COPFS, BTP, ACPO and ORR (Scotland) (64 Kb)
MoU between the Rail Accident Investigation Branch, The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service, British Transport Police, Association of Chief Police Officers (Scotland) and ORR.