21 Model clauses for access contracts.E+W+S
(1)[F1the Office of Rail Regulation] may prepare and publish model clauses for inclusion in access contracts.
(2)Different model clauses may be prepared and published in relation to different classes or descriptions of railway facility.
(3)[F1the Office of Rail Regulation] 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, [F1the Office of Rail Regulation] may consult such persons as [F2it] thinks fit.
(5)[F1the Office of Rail Regulation] shall encourage, and may require, the use of any [F3of its] model clauses F4. . . in access contracts wherever [F2it] considers it appropriate.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 21 substituted (5.7.2004) by Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003 (c. 20), ss. 16, 120, {Sch. 2 para. 3(a) Table}; S.I. 2004/827, art. 4(g)
F2Word 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)
F3Words 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)
F4Words in s. 21(5) repealed (5.7.2004) by Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003 (c. 20), ss. 16, 118, 120, Sch. 2 para. 10(b), Sch. 8; S.I. 2004/827, art. 4(i)