Sch 3 para 6 Discounts
(1) ... Notwithstanding paragraph 1(4) and (5) of this Schedule, any discount on the charges levied on a user of railway infrastructure by the infrastructure manager, for any service, must comply with the principles set out in this paragraph. (2) Except where sub-paragraph (3) applies, discounts must be limited to the actual saving of the administrative cost to the infrastructure manager and, in determining the level of discount to be applied, no account may be taken of cost savings already incorporated in the charge levied. (3) The infrastructure manager may introduce schemes available to all users of the railway infrastructure, with reference to specified traffic flows, granting time limited discounts to encourage the development of new rail services, or discounts encouraging the use of considerably under-utilised lines. (4) The discounts available must be in accordance with the access charges review, where it applies, or, in the case of a rail link facility, the development agreement. (5) Discounts may relate only to charges levied for a specified railway infrastructure section. (6) Similar discount schemes must be applied to similar services. (7) Discount schemes must be applied in a non-discriminatory manner to any railway undertaking.