Part I The Channel Tunnel Rail Link

Functions of the Office of Rail and Road

F121AFees

(1)

Subject to this section, the F2Office 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 F2Office 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 F2Office 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 F2Office 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 F2Office 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 F2Office of Rail and Road as a civil debt due to it.

(6)

The F2Office of Rail and Road may revise a notice under this section by a further such notice.

(7)

The F2Office of Rail and Road may refund any amount which, further to any revised notice under subsection (6), appears to have been overpaid to it.