Channel Tunnel Rail Link Act 1996

[F1 21A Fees U.K.

(1) Subject to this section, the [F2 Office of Rail and Road] may by notice require a rail link undertaker to pay a fee in respect of the exercise of any of the [F2 Office of Rail and Road]'s functions in relation to the rail link.

(2) The amount of a fee under subsection (1) in any case shall be—

(a) such amount as is reasonably incurred by the [F2 Office of Rail and Road] in the exercise of the function in relation to the rail link, or

(b) in a case where there is more than one rail link undertaker, such proportion of the amount referred to in paragraph (a) as the [F2 Office of Rail and Road] considers it reasonable for the rail link undertaker to pay.

(3) Subsection (1) does not apply to the functions assigned to the [F2 Office of Rail and Road] by virtue of section 67(2) and (3) of the Railways Act 1993.

(4) A notice under this section must specify—

(a) the amount of the fee to be paid, and

(b) the date by which it is to be paid.

(5) Any amount payable under a notice under this section which remains unpaid after the date specified in the notice may be recovered by the [F2 Office of Rail and Road] as a civil debt due to it.

(6) The [F2 Office of Rail and Road] may revise a notice under this section by a further such notice.

(7) The [F2 Office of Rail and Road] may refund any amount which, further to any revised notice under subsection (6), appears to have been overpaid to it.]

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 21A inserted (22.7.2008) by Channel Tunnel Rail Link (Supplementary Provisions) Act 2008 (c. 5), ss. 4, 6(2)

F2 Words in s. 21A substituted (16.10.2015) by The Office of Rail Regulation (Change of Name) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1682), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 4(l)(iv)