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RIAC - Railway Industry Advisory Committee

The Railway Industry Advisory Committee (RIAC) was established in 1978 by the Health and Safety Commission. ORR decided to continue with RIAC as it plays an important role in providing a strategic forum for railway industry stakeholders. ORR will review the effectiveness and terms of reference of RIAC during 2007-08.

RIAC provides advice to ORR on railway safety, exchanges information, comments on proposed new regulations and guidance and works to progress health and safety issues and other related developments within the industry.

RIAC meets three or four times a year.

RIAC representation

RIAC has wide representation and includes representatives of employers, employees, passengers, and government bodies. The current membership of RIAC is as follows:

Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen (ASLEF)
Association of Train Operating Companies (ATOC)
British Transport Police (BTP) (observer)
Confederation of Passenger Transport (CPT)
Department for Regional Development Northern Ireland (DRDNI) (observer)
Department for Transport (DfT) (observer)
Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee (DPTAC) rail working group chair
Heritage Railway Association
Independent passenger representative
Infrastructure Safety Liaison Group
London TravelWatch
London Underground
National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT)
Network Rail
Office of Rail Regulation
Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety (PACTS) (observer)
Passenger Focus
Rail Freight Operators’ Association
Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB)
Railway Industry Association (RIA)
Rolling Stock Companies (ROSCOs)
Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association (TSSA)
Transport for Scotland (observer)
Unite the Union – Amicus Section
Welsh Assembly Government (observer)

Jim O'Sullivan, a member of the ORR Board, is the Chair of RIAC.

RIAC's working groups

RIAC working groups were constituted to deal in greater detail with specific topics. They contributed to guidance on best practice, research, exchange and dissemination of information and the development of proposed legislation. Previous groups included:

RIAC does not currently have any active working groups.