Performance scheme
13.—(1) The infrastructure manager must establish a performance scheme as part of the charging system to encourage railway undertakings and the infrastructure manager to minimise disruption and improve the performance of the railway network.
(2) The performance scheme referred to in paragraph (1) may include—
(a)penalties for actions which disrupt the operation of the rail network;
(b)compensation for undertakings which suffer from disruption; and
(c)bonuses that reward better than planned performance.
(3) The basic principles of the performance scheme must apply without discrimination throughout the network to which that scheme relates.