reg 30 Special measures to be taken in the event of disruption
(1) In the event of disruption to train movements caused by technical failure or accident, the infrastructure manager must take all such steps as are necessary to restore the normal operation of the network. (2) The infrastructure manager must have in place a contingency plan listing the various bodies who are required to be informed in the event of a serious incident or serious disruption to train movements. (3) The infrastructure manager may, in the event of an emergency and where absolutely necessary on account of a breakdown which renders a part of the railway infrastructure temporarily unusable, withdraw allocated train paths without warning and with immediate effect for such period as is necessary to repair the affected infrastructure. (4) Subject to paragraph (5), the infrastructure manager may, if it deems it to be necessary, require railway undertakings to make available to it such resources as the infrastructure manager considers appropriate to restore the normal operation of the network as quickly as possible. (5) Where a contract or framework agreement between a railway undertaking and the infrastructure manager incorporates conditions as to the special measures to be taken in the event of disruption, the resources required by the infrastructure manager under paragraph (4) must be in accordance with those conditions.