Source: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1993/43/part/I/crossheading/access-agreements
Timestamp: 2018-07-22 05:34:30
Document Index: 764002960

Matched Legal Cases: ['art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 2', 'art. 4', 'art. 3', 'art. 2', 'art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 5', 'art 4', 'art. 2', 'art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 4', 'art. 2', 'art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 4', 'art. 4', 'art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 2', 'art. 4', 'art. 4', 'art. 4', 'art. 3', 'art. 4', 'art. 4', 'art. 3', 'art. 2', 'art. 1', 'art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 4']

18 Access agreements: contracts requiring the approval of [F16the Office of Rail and Road].E+W+S
(a)he does so pursuant to directions under section 17 above; F17. . .
(b)[F16the Office of Rail and Road] has approved the terms of the access contract and the facility owner enters into the contract pursuant to directions under this section; [F18or
(c)the access contract is of a class or description specified in a general approval given by [F16the Office of Rail and Road];]
and any access contract to which this section applies [F19shall be void unless one of the conditions in paragraphs (a) to (c) above is satisfied.]
(a)if and to the extent that the railway facility to which the access contract relates is, by virtue of section 20 below, an exempt facility; F20. . .
unless the purpose of entering into the access contract is to enable the beneficiary to operate on behalf of [F21the Secretary of State] a network in which the track in question is comprised;
unless the purpose of entering into the access contract is to enable the beneficiary to operate the station on behalf of [F21the Secretary of State];
unless the purpose of entering into the access contract is to enable the beneficiary to operate the light maintenance depot on behalf of [F21the Secretary of State].
it shall be for the facility owner to submit the proposed access contract to [F16the Office of Rail and Road] for approval of its terms.
(6)If, on the submission of a proposed access contract pursuant to subsection (5) above, [F16the Office of Rail and Road] approves its terms, [F22it] shall issue directions to the facility owner—
and [F16the Office of Rail and Road] shall send a copy of the directions to the other party.
[F23(6A)The grounds on which [F16the Office of Rail and Road] may reject, or approve subject to modifications, a proposed access contract submitted to [F22it] pursuant to subsection (5) above include that [F22it] considers that the use of the facility for which it provides might impede the provision of services—
(b)under an agreement entered into by [F21the Secretary of State] pursuant to [F24his] duty under section 30 below.]
(7)If, on the submission of a proposed access contract pursuant to subsection (5) above, [F16the Office of Rail and Road] does not consider it appropriate to approve its terms without modification (or to reject it), [F22it] may, after consultation with the facility owner and the other party, issue directions to the facility owner—
(i)the facility owner gives [F16the Office of Rail and Road] notice of objection before the expiration of the period of fourteen days beginning with the day after that on which the directions are issued; or
[F25(7A)Where [F16the Office of Rail and Road] gives or revokes a general approval under subsection (1)(c) above, [F22it] shall publish the approval or revocation in such manner as he considers appropriate.
(8)In this section, “associate”, “the beneficiary”,F26. . . and “lease” have the same meaning as they have in section 17 above.
[F27(aa)subsection (7A),]
F28(11). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F16Words in s. 18 substituted (16.10.2015) by The Office of Rail Regulation (Change of Name) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1682), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 1(z)
F17Word in s. 18(1)(a) repealed (1.2.2001) by 2000 c. 38, s. 274, Sch. 31 Pt. IV; S.I. 2001/57, art. 3(1), Sch. 2 Pt. I (subject to savings and transitional provisions in Sch. 2 Pt. II)
F18S. 18(1)(c) and word “or" immediately preceding it inserted (1.2.2001) by 2000 c. 38, s. 230(1); S.I. 2001/57, art. 3(1), Sch. 2 Pt. I (subject to savings and transitional provisions in Sch. 2 Pt. II)
F19Words in s. 18(1) substituted (1.2.2001) by 2000 c. 38, s. 230(1); S.I. 2001/57, art. 3(1), Sch. 2 Pt. I (subject to savings and transitional provisions in Sch. 2 Pt. II)
F20S. 18(3)(b) and preceding word omitted (28.11.2005) by virtue of The Railways Infrastructure (Access and Management) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3049), reg. 2(4), Sch. 1 para. 4(c)(i)
F21Words in s.18 substituted (1.12.2006) by Railways Act 2005 (c. 14), ss. 1, 60, Sch. 1 para. 12(1); S.I. 2006/2911 {art. 2}, Sch. (subject to the transitional and saving provisions in arts. 3-7)
F22Word in s. 18 substituted (5.7.2004) by Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003 (c. 20), ss. 16, 120, {Sch. 2 para. 3(b) Table}; S.I. 2004/827, art. 4(g)
F23S. 18(6A) inserted (1.2.2001) by 2000 c. 38, s. 212(6)(with Sch. 28 paras. 3, 17); S.I. 2001/57, art. 3(1), Sch. 2 Pt. I (subject to savings and transitional provisions in Sch. 2 Pt. II)
F24Word in s. 18(6A)(b) substituted (1.12.2006) by Railways Act 2005 (c. 14), ss. 1, 60, Sch. 1 para. 12(3); S.I. 2006/2911, art. 2, Sch. (subject to the transitional and saving provisions in arts. 3-7)
F25S. 18(7A)(7B) inserted (1.2.2001) by 2000 c. 38, s. 230(2); S.I. 2001/57, art. 3(1), Sch. 2 Pt. I (subject to savings and transitional provisions in Sch. 2 Pt. II)
F26Words in s. 18(8) omitted (28.11.2005) by virtue of The Railways Infrastructure (Access and Management) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3049), reg. 2(4), Sch. 1 para. 4(a)(ii)
F27S. 18(9)(aa) inserted (1.2.2001) by 2000 c. 38, s. 252, Sch. 27 para. 22; S.I. 2001/57, art. 3(1), Sch. 2 Pt. I (subject to savings and transitional provisions in Sch. 2 Pt. II)
F28S. 18(11) repealed (1.2.2001) by 2000 c. 38, s. 274, Sch. 31 Pt. IV; S.I. 2001/57, art. 3(1), Sch. 2 Pt. I (subject to savings and transitional provisions in Sch. 2 Pt. II)
C3S. 18 excluded (2.4.1994) by S.I. 1994/606, art. 5(1)(2)(3)(a)(b)(4)(5)(6)(a)(b)
C4S. 18(1) excluded (18.12.1996) by 1996 c. 61, s. 17(2)(3)
19 Access agreements: contracts for the use, on behalf of [F29the Secretary of State], of installations comprised in a network.E+W+S
(1)[F30The Office of Rail and Road] may, on the application of any person, give directions to an installation owner requiring him to enter into an installation access contract with the applicant for the purpose of enabling the beneficiary to obtain (whether for himself alone or for himself and, so far as may be applicable, associates of his) permission to use the installation owner’s network installation for the purpose of operating, on behalf of [F29the Secretary of State], the network in which the network installation is comprised.
(2)Directions shall not be given under subsection (1) above in the case of any network installation if and to the extent that, as a result of an obligation or duty owed by the installation owner which arose before the coming into force of this section, the consent of some other person is required by the installation owner before he may enter into the installation access contract.
(3)An installation owner shall not enter into an installation access contract to which this subsection applies unless—
(a)he does so pursuant to directions under subsection (1) above; F31. . .
(b)[F30the Office of Rail and Road] has approved the terms of the installation access contract and the installation owner enters into the contract pursuant to directions given by virtue of subsection (5) below; [F32or
(c)the installation access contract is of a class or description specified in a general approval given by the Regulator;]
and any installation access contract to which this subsection applies [F33shall be void unless one of the conditions in paragraphs (a) to (c) above is satisfied.]
(4)The installation access contracts to which subsection (3) above applies are those under which the beneficiary obtains (whether for himself alone or for himself and associates of his) from an installation owner permission to use the installation owner’s network installation for the purpose of operating, on behalf of [F29the Secretary of State] , the network in which the network installation is comprised.
(5)Subsections (5) to (7) of section 18 above shall apply in relation to installation access contracts to which subsection (3) of this section applies as they apply in relation to access contracts to which that section applies, but with the following modifications, that is to say—
(a)for any reference to a facility owner there shall be substituted a reference to an installation owner;
(b)for any reference to an access contract to which that section applies there shall be substituted a reference to an installation access contract to which subsection (3) above applies;
(c)for the reference to subsection (1)(b) of that section there shall be substituted a reference to subsection (3)(b) of this section.
[F34(5A)Where [F30the Office of Rail and Road] gives or revokes a general approval under subsection (3)(c) above, [F35it] shall publish the approval or revocation in such manner as [F35it] considers appropriate.
(5B)The revocation of a general approval given under subsection (3)(c) above shall not affect the continuing validity of any installation access contract to which it applied.]
(a)authorises [F30the Office of Rail and Road] to give directions to an installation owner requiring him to grant a lease of the whole or any part of his network installation; or
(b)prevents an installation owner from granting a lease of any land which consists of or includes the whole or any part of his network installation.
(7)Any reference in this section to a person operating a network “on behalf of [F29the Secretary of State]” is a reference to his operating the network in pursuance of any agreement or other arrangements made by [F29the Secretary of State] for the purpose of performing a duty imposed upon him, or exercising a power conferred upon him, under or by virtue of this Part [F36or Part 4 of the Railways Act 2005 (network modifications etc.)] to secure the operation of that network.
(8)Any reference in this section to obtaining permission to use a network installation includes—
(a)a reference to obtaining, in connection with any such permission, power to obtain the provision of ancillary services relating to that network installation, whether the installation owner in question is to provide those services himself or to secure their provision by another; and
(i)to enter upon the installation land, with or without vehicles,
(iv)to use and maintain any things kept, or buildings or other works constructed, on that land (whether by the beneficiary or another) or any amenities situated on that land;
and in paragraph (b) above “installation land” means the land which constitutes the network installation in question.
“installation access contract” means a contract under which—
obtains permission from an installation owner to use the installation owner’s network installation;
“installation owner” means any person—
who has an estate or interest in, or right over, a network installation; and
whose permission to use that network installation is needed by another before that other may use it;
[F37but also includes a person before he becomes an installation owner;]
and any reference to an installation owner’s network installation is a reference to the network installation by reference to which he is an installation owner.
“ancillary service” means any service which is necessary or expedient for giving full effect to any permission or right which a person may have to use a network installation;
“the applicant” means the person making the application for directions under subsection (1) above;
“associate” has the meaning given by section 17(7) above;
“the beneficiary” means the person mentioned in paragraph (a) of the definition of “installation access contract” in subsection (9) above;
“lease” includes an underlease or sublease and an agreement for a lease, underlease or sublease;
“network installation” means any installation (other than track) which is comprised in a network.
(11)Any reference in this section to a network installation includes a reference to a part of a network installation [F38and to one which is proposed to be constructed or is in the course of construction.].
(12)Schedule 4 to this Act shall have effect with respect to applications for directions under subsection (1) above as it has effect with respect to applications for directions under section 17 above, but with the following modifications, that is to say—
(a)for any reference to an access contract, there shall be substituted a reference to an installation access contract;
(b)any reference to an application for directions under section 17 above shall be taken as a reference to an application for directions under subsection (1) above;
(c)for any reference to the facility owner, there shall be substituted a reference to the installation owner mentioned in subsection (1) above;
(d)for any reference to section 17 above (but not to any specific provision of that section) there shall be substituted a reference to this section.
F39(13). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F29Words in s. 19 substituted (1.12.2006) by Railways Act 2005 (c. 14), ss. 1, 60, Sch. 1 para. 12(1); S.I. 2006/2911 {art. 2}, Sch. (subject to the transitional and saving provisions in arts. 3-7)
F30Words in s. 19 substituted (16.10.2015) by The Office of Rail Regulation (Change of Name) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1682), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 1(aa)
F31Words in s. 19(3) repealed (1.2.2001) by 2000 c. 38, s. 274, 275(1), Sch. 31 Pt. IV; S.I. 2001/57, art. 3(1), Sch. 2 Pt. I (subject to savings and transitional provisions in Sch. 2 Pt. II)
F32S. 19(1)(c) and word “or" immediately preceding it inserted (1.2.2001) by 2000 c. 38, s. 230(3); S.I. 2001/57, art. 3(1), Sch. 2 Pt. I (subject to savings and transitional provisions in Sch. 2 Pt. II)
F33Words in s. 19(3) substituted (1.2.2001) by 2000 c. 38, s. 230(3); S.I. 2001/57, art. 3(1), Sch. 2 Pt. I (subject to savings and transitional provisions in Sch. 2 Pt. II)
F34S. 19(5A)(5B) inserted (1.2.2001) by 2000 c. 38, s. 230(4); S.I. 2001/57, art. 3(1), Sch. 2 Pt. I (subject to savings and transitional provisions in Sch. 2 Pt. II)
F35Word in s. 19 substituted (5.7.2004) by Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003 (c. 20), ss. 16, 120, {Sch. 2 para. 3(b) Table}; S.I. 2004/827, art. 4(g)
F36Words in s. 19(7) inserted (1.12.2006) by Railways Act 2005 (c. 14), ss. 54, 60, Sch. 11 para. 3(b); S.I. 2006/2911, art. 2, Sch. (subject to the transitional and saving provisions in arts. 3-7)
F37S. 19(9): Words in definition of
“installation owner”
inserted (1.2.2001) by 2000 c. 38, s. 233(2)(a); S.I. 2001/57, art. 3(1), Sch. 2 Pt. I (subject to savings and transitional provisions in Sch. 2 Pt. II)
F38Words in s. 19(11) inserted (1.2.2001) by 2000 c. 38, s. 233(2)(b); S.I. 2001/57, art. 3(1), Sch. 2 Pt. I (subject to savings and transitional provisions in Sch. 2 Pt. II)
F39S. 19(13) repealed (1.2.2001) by 2000 c. 38, s. 274, Sch. 31 Pt. IV; S.I. 2001/57, art. 3(1), Sch. 2 Pt. I (subject to savings and transitional provisions in Sch. 2 Pt. II)
C5S. 19(1) restricted (18.12.1996) by 1996 c. 61, s. 17(4)
[F4019A Review of access charges by [F41the Office of Rail and Road].E+W+S
Schedule 4A to this Act (which contains provision about the review of access charges by [F41the Office of Rail and Road]) shall have effect.]
F40S. 19A inserted (30.11.2000) by 2000 c. 38, s. 231(1), 275(1) (with Sch. 28 paras. 11, 17)
F41Words in s. 19A substituted (16.10.2015) by The Office of Rail Regulation (Change of Name) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1682), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 1(bb)
20 Exemption of railway facilities from sections 17 [F42, 18 and 22A].E+W+S
(1)The Secretary of State may, after consultation with [F43the Office of Rail and Road], by order grant exemption from sections 17 and 18 above [F44and section 22A below] in respect of such railway facilities as may be specified in the order, but subject to compliance with such conditions (if any) as may be so specified.
(3)If a facility owner makes an application under this subsection to [F43the Office of Rail and Road] for the grant of an exemption from sections 17 and 18 above [F44and section 22A below] in respect of the whole or any part of his railway facility, [F43the Office of Rail and Road], after consultation with the Secretary of State—
(a)may either grant or refuse the exemption, whether wholly or to such extent as [F46it] may specify in the exemption; and
(b)if and to the extent that [F46it] grants [F47the exemption], may do so subject to compliance with such conditions (if any) as [F46it] may so specify.
(4)Before granting a facility exemption under subsection (3) above, [F43the Office of Rail and Road] shall give notice—
(a)stating that [F46it] proposes to grant the facility exemption,
(b)stating the reasons why [F46it] proposes to grant the facility exemption, and
(5)A notice under subsection (4) above shall be given by publishing the notice in such manner as [F43the Office of Rail and Road] considers appropriate for bringing it to the attention of persons likely to be affected by the grant of the facility exemption.
(b)[F43the Office of Rail and Road], in the case of a facility exemption under subsection (3) above,
F48(9). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(10)Any application for a facility exemption under subsection (3) above must be made in writing; and where any such application is made, [F43the Office of Rail and Road] may require the applicant to furnish [F46it] with such information as [F43the Office of Rail and Road] may consider necessary to enable [F46it] to decide whether to grant or refuse the facility exemption.
F49(12). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(13)In this Part “facility exemption” means an exemption from sections 17 and 18 above [F44and section 22A below] granted under any provision of this section in respect of the whole or any part of a railway facility; and a railway facility is an “exempt facility” if and to the extent that it is the subject of such an exemption.
F42Words in s. 20 sidenote substituted (1.2.2001) by 2000 c. 38, s. 252, Sch. 27 para. 23(4); S.I. 2001/57, art. 3(1), Sch. 2 Pt. I (subject to savings and transitional provisions in Sch. 2 Pt. II)
F43Words in s. 20 substituted (16.10.2015) by The Office of Rail Regulation (Change of Name) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1682), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 1(cc)
F44Words in s. 20(1)(3)(13) inserted (1.2.2001) by 2000 c. 38, s. 252, Sch. 27 para. 23(2); S.I. 2001/57, art. 3(1), Sch. 2 Pt. I (subject to savings and transitional provisions in Sch. 2 Pt. II)
F45Words in s. 20(3) repealed (1.2.2001) by 2000 c. 38, ss. 252, 274, Sch. 27 para. 23(3), Sch. 31 Pt. IV; S.I. 2001/57, art. 3(1), Sch. 2 Pt. I (subject to savings and transitional provisions in Sch. 2 Pt. II)
F46Word in s. 20 substituted (5.7.2004) by Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003 (c. 20), ss. 16, 120, {Sch. 2 para. 3(b) Table}; S.I. 2004/827, art. 4(g)
F47Words in s. 20(3)(b) substituted (5.7.2004) by Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003 (c. 20), ss. 16, 120, Sch. 2 para. 9; S.I. 2004/827, art. 4(g)
F48S. 20(9) repealed (1.2.2001) by 2000 c. 38, s. 274, Sch. 31 Pt. IV; S.I. 2001/57, art. 3(1), Sch. 2 Pt. I (subject to savings and transitional provisions in Sch. 2 Pt. II)
F49S. 20(12) repealed (1.2.2001) by 2000 c. 38, s. 274, Sch. 31 Pt. IV; S.I. 2001/57, art. 3(1), Sch. 2 Pt. I (subject to savings and transitional provisions in Sch. 2 Pt. II)
C6S. 20 restricted (3.7.2000) by 1999 c. 29, ss. 199(1)(b)(2)(3), 425(2) (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 2000/801, art. 2(c)
(1)[F50The Office of Rail and Road] may prepare and publish model clauses for inclusion in access contracts.
(3)[F50The Office of Rail and Road] may from time to time revise any model clauses published under this section and may publish those clauses as so revised.
(4)In preparing or revising any model clauses under this section, [F50the Office of Rail and Road] may consult such persons as [F51it] thinks fit.
(5)[F50The Office of Rail and Road] shall encourage, and may require, the use of any [F52of its] model clauses F53. . . in access contracts wherever [F51it] considers it appropriate.
F50Words in s. 21 substituted (16.10.2015) by The Office of Rail Regulation (Change of Name) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1682), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 1(dd)
F51Word in s. 21 substituted (5.7.2004) by Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003 (c. 20), ss. 16, 120, {Sch. 2 para. 3(b) Table}; S.I. 2004/827, art. 4(g)
F52Words in s. 21(5) inserted (5.7.2004) by Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003 (c. 20), ss. 16, 120, Sch. 2 para. 10(a); S.I. 2004/827, art. 4(g)
F53Words in s. 21(5) repealed (5.7.2004) by Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003 (c. 20), ss. 16, 118, 120, Sch. 2 para. 10(b), Sch. 8; S.I. 2004/827, art. 4(i)
22 Amendment of access agreements.E+W+S
(1)Any amendment, or purported amendment, of an access agreement shall be void unless the amendment has been approved by [F54the Office of Rail and Road] [F55or is made pursuant to directions under section 22A or 22C below or Schedule 4A to this Act].
(2)[F54The Office of Rail and Road] may, for the purposes of subsection (1) above, give the parties to any particular access agreement [F56its] general approval to the making to that access agreement of amendments of a description specified in the approval; and any approval so given shall not be revoked.
(3)[F54The Office of Rail and Road] may, for the purposes of subsection (1) above, give [F56its] general approval to the making to access agreements, or to access agreements of a particular class or description, of amendments of a description specified in the approval.
(4)Where [F54the Office of Rail and Road] gives or revokes a general approval under subsection (3) above, [F57it] shall publish the approval or revocation (as the case may be) in such manner as [F57it] considers appropriate.
[F59(6A)Neither [F60the CMA] nor [F54the Office of Rail and Road] may exercise, in respect of an access agreement, the powers given by section 32 (enforcement directions) or section 35(2) (interim directions) of the Competition Act 1998.
F59(6B)Subsection (6A) does not apply to the exercise of the powers given by section 35(2) in respect of conduct—
(a)which is connected with an access agreement; and
(b)in respect of which section 35(1)(b) of that Act applies.]
F54Words in s. 22 substituted (16.10.2015) by The Office of Rail Regulation (Change of Name) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1682), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 1(ee)
F55Words in s. 22(1) inserted (1.2.2001) by 2000 c. 38, s. 232(1); S.I. 2001/57, art. 3(1), Sch. 2 Pt. I (subject to savings and transitional provisions in Sch. 2 Pt. II)
F56Word in s. 22 substituted (5.7.2004) by Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003 (c. 20), ss. 16, 120, {Sch. 2 para. 3(c) Table}; S.I. 2004/827, art. 4(g)
F57Word in s. 22 substituted (5.7.2004) by Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003 (c. 20), ss. 16, 120, {Sch. 2 para. 3(b) Table}; S.I. 2004/827, art. 4(g)
F58S. 22(6) repealed (1.2.2001) by 2000 c. 38, s. 274, Sch. 31 Pt. IV; S.I. 2001/57, art. 3(1), Sch. 2 Pt. I (subject to savings and transitional provisions in Sch. 2 Pt. II)
F59S. 22 (6A)(6B) inserted (1.3.2000) by 1998 c. 41, ss. 66(5), Sch. 10 Pt. IV para. 15(5); S.I. 2000/344, art. 2, Sch.
F60Words in s. 22(6A) substituted (1.4.2014) by The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Competition) (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/892), art. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 104 (with art. 3)
[F6122A Directions to require amendment permitting more extensive use.E+W+S
(1)[F62The Office of Rail and Road] may, on the application of the person permitted by an access agreement to use the whole or part of a railway facility or network installation, give directions requiring the parties to the access agreement to make to the agreement—
(b)any amendments which [F62the Office of Rail and Road] considers necessary or desirable in consequence of those amendments.
(b)performance of the access agreement as amended would necessarily involve the facility owner in being in breach of another access agreement F63. . . .
(6)Nothing in this section authorises [F62the Office of Rail and Road] to give directions to any person requiring him to grant a lease of the whole or any part of a railway facility or network installation.
(a)[F64“lease” has] the same meaning as in section 17 above; and
F61S. 22A inserted (1.2.2001) by 2000 c. 38, s. 232(2); S.I. 2001/57, art. 3(1), Sch. 2 Pt. I (subject to savings and transitional provisions in Sch. 2 Pt. II)
F62Words in s. 22A substituted (16.10.2015) by The Office of Rail Regulation (Change of Name) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1682), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 1(ff)
F63Words in s. 22A(4)(b) omitted (28.11.2005) by virtue of The Railways Infrastructure (Access and Management) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3049), reg. 2(4), Sch. 1 para. 4(d)(i)
F64Words in s. 22A(7)(a) substituted (28.11.2005) by The Railways Infrastructure (Access and Management) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3049), reg. 2(4), Sch. 1 para. 4(d)(ii)
F6522B Applications for directions under section 22A: procedure.E+W+S
(1)Schedule 4 to this Act shall have effect with respect to applications for directions under section 22A above as it has effect with respect to applications for directions under section 17 above (but subject as follows).
(2)In its application by virtue of this section Schedule 4 to this Act has effect with the following modifications—
(a)in paragraph 1, in the definition of “the facility owner", for “17(1)" there shall be substituted “22A" and, in the definition of “interested person", for “enter into the required access contract" there shall be substituted “make the amendments";
(b)in paragraph 2(1), for “which the applicant proposes should be contained in the required access contract" and “to be contained in the required access contract" there shall be substituted “of the proposed amendments";
(c)in paragraph 5(2), for “to the facility owner requiring him to enter into an access contract" there shall be substituted “under section 22A of this Act";
(d)for paragraph 5(2)(a)(i) and (ii) there shall be substituted “the amendments to be made and the date by which they are to be made; and";
(e)in paragraph 6(2), for the words from “facility owner’s" to the end of paragraph (c) there shall be substituted “making of the amendments, the performance of the access agreement as amended or failing to take any step to protect the interests of the interested person in connection with the application for directions or the making of the amendments,"; and
(f)in paragraph 6(3), for “any access contract which is entered into" there shall be substituted “the amendments made";
and the definition of “the required access contract", and the words following that definition, in paragraph 1 and paragraph 5(4) shall be omitted.
(3)In its application by virtue of this section in relation to an application relating to an installation access contract Schedule 4 to this Act has effect with the following further modifications—
(a)references to the railway facility shall have effect as references to the network installation;
(b)references to the facility owner shall have effect as references to the installation owner; and
(c)in the definition of “interested person" in paragraph 1, for “17" there shall be substituted “19".
(4)The Regulator may determine that, in their application by virtue of this section in relation to any particular application, paragraphs 3 and 4 of Schedule 4 to this Act shall have effect as if for any of the numbers of days specified in them there were substituted the lower number specified by the Regulator.
F65S. 22B inserted (1.2.2001) by 2000 c. 38, s. 232(2); S.I. 2001/57, art. 3(1), Sch. 2 Pt. I (subject to savings and transitional provisions in Sch. 2 Pt. II)
F6622C Amendment: supplementary.E+W+S
(1)[F67The Office of Rail and Road] may give directions requiring the parties to an access agreement to make to the access agreement amendments which are, in [F68its] opinion, necessary to give effect to the conditions of a licence or otherwise required in consequence of the conditions of a licence.
(2)[F67The Office of Rail and Road] shall not have power to direct or otherwise require amendments to be made to an access agreement except in accordance with section 22A above, subsection (1) above or Schedule 4A to this Act.
(3)If an access agreement includes provision for any of its terms to be varied—
(b)by direction or other requirement of [F67the Office of Rail and Road],
a variation made pursuant to that provision shall not be regarded for the purposes of section 22 above or subsection (2) above as an amendment of the agreement.
F66S. 22C inserted (1.2.2001) by 2000 c. 38, s. 232(2); S.I. 2001/57, art. 3(1), Sch. 2 Pt. I (subject to savings and transitional provisions in Sch. 2 Pt. II)
F67Words in s. 22C substituted (16.10.2015) by The Office of Rail Regulation (Change of Name) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1682), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 1(gg)
F68Word in s. 22C substituted (5.7.2004) by Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003 (c. 20), ss. 16, 120, {Sch. 2 para. 3(c) Table}; S.I. 2004/827, art. 4(g)
C7S. 22C(1) modified (28.11.2005) by The Railway (Licensing of Railway Undertakings) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3050), reg. 14, Sch. 3 para. 9