Regulation 10 Business Plans
The infrastructure manager must draw up a business plan which is designed for the purpose of ensuring—
optimal and efficient use and development of the infrastructure; and
financial balance.
The plan referred to in paragraph (1) must include details of investment and financial programmes, and provide the means by which the objectives set out in that paragraph are to be achieved.
Each railway undertaking must draw up a business plan, which must include their investment and financing programmes, and which is designed for the purpose of ensuring—
financial equilibrium; and
other technical, commercial and financial management objectives.
The plan referred to in paragraph (3) must provide the means by which the objectives set out in that paragraph are to be achieved.
The Office of Rail Regulation shall, at least once a year, request confirmation that a business plan has been produced in accordance with paragraphs (1) and (3) and each infrastructure manager or, as the case may be, railway undertaking, to whom such a request is made shall be under an obligation to comply with that request.
For the purposes of regulation 31, a request by the Office of Rail Regulation in accordance with paragraph (5) shall be treated as a request for information.