Moved by
Baroness Kramer
41: After Clause 9, insert the following new Clause—
“Monitor: compliance and fines
(1) If the Office of Rail Regulation is satisfied that a strategic highways company has contravened or is contravening—
(a) section 3(5) (compliance with the Road Investment Strategy), or
(b) section 4(3) (compliance with directions and regard to guidance),
the Office may take one or more of the steps mentioned in subsection (2).
(2) The Office may—
(a) give notice to the company as to the contravention and the steps the company must take in order to remedy it;
(b) require the company to pay a fine to the Secretary of State.”