19 Access agreements: contracts for the use, on behalf of [the Secretary of State], of installations comprised in a network

19  Access agreements: contracts for the use, on behalf of [the Secretary of State], of installations comprised in a network

(1)     [The Office of Rail and Road] may, on the application of any person, give directions to an installation owner requiring him to enter into an installation access contract with the applicant for the purpose of enabling the beneficiary to obtain (whether for himself alone or for himself and, so far as may be applicable, associates of his) permission to use the installation owner's network installation for the purpose of operating, on behalf of [the Secretary of State], the network in which the network installation is comprised.

(2)     Directions shall not be given under subsection (1) above in the case of any network installation if and to the extent that, as a result of an obligation or duty owed by the installation owner which arose before the coming into force of this section, the consent of some other person is required by the installation owner before he may enter into the installation access contract.

(3)     An installation owner shall not enter into an installation access contract to which this subsection applies unless—

(a)     he does so pursuant to directions under subsection (1)

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