reg 22 Application for infrastructure capacity
(1) Applicants may submit a request to the infrastructure manager for an agreement granting rights to use railway infrastructure against a charge as provided for in Part 4. (2) An applicant wishing to apply for infrastructure capacity must submit an application to the infrastructure manager in accordance with the timetable for the allocation process set out in Schedule 4. (3) Without prejudice to Regulation (EU) No 913/2010 applicants may submit a request to a single infrastructure manager, or to a joint body established by the relevant infrastructure managers, for infrastructure capacity in the form of a train path crossing more than one network. (4) Where an application under paragraph (3) is made to a single infrastructure manager, that infrastructure manager is permitted to act on behalf of that applicant in seeking the infrastructure capacity requested. (5) Requests for infrastructure capacity to enable maintenance of the network to be carried out must be submitted in accordance with the timetable set out in Schedule 4. (6) The infrastructure manager must inform interested parties as soon as possible about the unavailability of infrastructure capacity due to unscheduled maintenance work.