PART III
Performance under Franchise
9. Corporation to maintain proper and efficient service
The Corporation shall maintain a proper and efficient service at all times during the franchise period in accordance with this Ordinance and the operating agreement.
10. Secretary may obtain information
(1)The Secretary may, by notice in writing to the Corporation, require the Corporation—
- (a) to afford the Secretary sufficient facilities for obtaining information with respect to the business and affairs of the Corporation in connection with the franchise; and
- (b) in the manner and at the reasonable times specified in the notice, to furnish the Secretary with information with respect to the matters specified in paragraph (a) and afford to him facilities for the verification of that information,
and to do so within a period specified in the notice, being a period that is reasonable in the circumstances.
(2) In subsection (1), reference to information is a reference to information which the Secretary may reasonably require for verifying that the Corporation has complied with the provisions of this Ordinance, the operating agreement and any direction, specification or requirement given under this Ordinance or the operating agreement.
(3) If the Corporation, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with a notice given under this section the Corporation commits an offence and is liable to a fine at level 4.
11. Records
(1) The Corporation shall keep, to the satisfaction of the Secretary, records in respect of the following matters relating to the railway—
- (a) the number and carrying capacity of trains in use or under maintenance;
- (b) the number of journeys undertaken and the total distance travelled;
- (c) the number of passengers carried;
- (d) the receipts;
