1. Facing The Challenges Transposing 2008/57 Chris Carr Deputy Director UK Transport Ministry

2. Transposing 2008/57 Dealing with known unknowns Infrastructure Register Scope and TSI Scope Partial Certification DV29 DeBo/NoBo Passage of time

3. Transposing 2008/57 Dealing with beliefs Costs now, benefits later Cost/benefit distribution Cultural change Regulatory burden Restrictive Change & Uncertainty Safety Urban Myths

4. Transposing 2008/57 and then…… Just had an even better idea? –How flexible is the text? –How flexible are others? –How flexible is the national legal system? Just had a letter from the Commission? –Is it just to say hi? –Assessing the risk. Why cant we…………..

5. Transposing 2008/57 The challenge of democracy Process of national debate for the national legislation. –Two consultations. –Multiple industry workshops. Processing the feedback & developing the legal text. Ministerial approval 3 Committees, 3 lawyers Parliament

6. Transposing 2008/57 Wider policy considerations Why do we need to regulate if the benefits exceed the costs? What is the role of voluntary standards? Working with devolution & a vision of the Big Society

7. Transposing 2008/57 Wider policy considerations Why do we need to regulate if the benefits exceed the costs? What is the role of voluntary standards? Working with devolution & a vision of the Big Society Knowing what we now know, would we do things differently?

8. Transposing 2008/57 Wider Policy Considerations Supporting localism Supporting low cost solutions Supporting innovation

9. Transposing 2008/57 Questions?