8Rail Infrastructure Manager

8 Rail Infrastructure Manager

(1)  The Minister, by order, may designate a person as Rail Infrastructure Manager for –

(a) the entire rail network; or

(b) a part of the rail network specified in the order.

(2)  A person designated as Rail Infrastructure Manager for a part of the rail network is a "restricted Rail Infrastructure Manager".

(3)  The Minister must ensure that, at any time, no part of the rail network has more than one Rail Infrastructure Manager.

(4)  A Rail Infrastructure Manager has –

(a) such powers and functions in respect of the rail network (or, if it is a restricted Rail Infrastructure Manager, its part of the rail network) as are conferred and imposed on it by this or any other Act; and

(b) such incidental and ancillary powers as may be necessary or convenient in that regard.

(5)  If any part of the rail network does not for the time being have a Rail Infrastructure Manager, the Rail Infrastructure Owner –

(a) may exercise or perform any power or function that a Rail Infrastructure Manager for that part of the rail network could exercise or perform; and

(b) is responsible for discharging any obligation that a Rail Infrastructure Manager for that part of the rail network would have; and

(c) may incur any liabilities that a Rail Infrastructure Manager for that part of the rail network would be capable of incurring.