s 8 Enforcement of performance standards in public bus services contracts
8.—(1) Performance standards provided for by a public bus services contract are to be enforced by penalty provisions or in any other manner that the contract may provide. (2) A person —(a) who breaches a public bus services contract; (b) who fails (being not a breach of contract) to meet a requirement specified in a public bus services contract; or (c) who terminates a public bus services contract, that is enforceable by a penalty provision is liable to pay, as a debt due to the LTA, an amount determined in accordance with the contract as the penalty for the breach, failure or termination, as the case may be. (3) A public bus services contract may provide that an amount payable under a penalty provision may also be recovered by withholding amounts otherwise payable under the contract and may contain other related provisions. (4) To avoid doubt, subsection (1) does not limit the provisions of a public bus services contract that may be enforced by penalty provisions. (5) This section has effect despite any rule of, or principle at, common law.