33Removal, &c., of unlawful service infrastructure

33 Removal, &c., of unlawful service infrastructure

(1)  If a person installs or leaves service infrastructure on the rail network without lawful authority, the responsible Rail Infrastructure Manager may –

(a) remove and dispose of the unlawful service infrastructure and take such other actions as it thinks fit; and

(b) recover its costs of so doing as a debt due to that Rail Infrastructure Manager from that person; and

(c) retain, if applicable, any proceeds of disposal.

(2)  No action lies against the responsible Rail Infrastructure Manager for removing or disposing of the unlawful service infrastructure.

| Note: For a part of the rail network that does not for the time being have a Rail Infrastructure Manager, section 8(5) applies to the operation of this section. |