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Under Part M of Network Rail's Network Code, a party can appeal to ORR against any determination made by the relevant panel of the Access Disputes Committee which it considers to be wrong or unjust because of a serious procedural or other irregularity.

Details of appeals made under the under Railways Infrastructure (Access and Management) Regulations 2005 are available separately.

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    • About ORR
    • What we do
      • Our business plan
      • Our functions
      • The law and our duties
      • All what we do
    • Who we are
      • The board
      • Executive directors
      • Committees
      • Register of interests
      • Board meeting minutes
      • All who we are
    • How we work
      • How we prioritise our activities
      • Expert advisors
        • Railway Industry Health and Safety Advisory Committee
        • Consumer expert panel
        • Road expert panel
        • All expert advisors
      • Our accountability
      • How we're funded
      • Reform of regulators and regulation
      • ​​Rail Reform and the Railways Bill​
      • Better regulation
      • Impact assessments
      • Register of business critical models
      • All how we work
    • Who we work with
      • Agency agreements and MoUs
      • International engagement and co-operation
      • All who we work with
    • Corporate reports and accounts
      • ORR annual reports and accounts
      • Diversity & inclusion
      • Health & wellbeing
      • Publication scheme
      • See all corporate reports
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      • ORR organogram and data sets
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      • Supplying us
      • Minimum level of competition
      • Our policy on working with SMEs
      • Online e-tendering system
      • Government policy on public expenditure transparency
      • Accounts Payable
      • The Procurement Act 2023
      • All procurement
    • Whistleblowing to ORR
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        • High Speed 1 (HS1) regulation
        • Northern Ireland
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      • Promoting health and safety
        • Investigation and enforcement powers
        • Annual health and safety report
        • All promoting health and safety
      • Protecting rail passengers
        • Know your rail rights
        • Annual rail consumer report
        • Passenger assistance
        • Passenger information
        • Complaints & compensation
        • Tickets & fares
        • Consumer law investigation and enforcement powers
        • All protecting passengers
      • Promoting rail competition
        • Competition Act 1998
        • Report a suspected competition issue
        • Market monitoring
        • Competition work
        • All promoting competition
      • Rail investigations
      • Promoting rail investment
        • When do I need to start engaging with ORR?
        • The investment framework
        • Managing safety
        • Authorising vehicles and infrastructure
        • Securing access to the rail network
        • Licensing
        • What other bodies might I need to engage with?
        • All promoting investment in the rail network
      • All rail regulation
    • Roads monitoring
      • Holding National Highways to account
      • Annual assessment of National Highways
      • Annual assessment of safety performance on the SRN
      • Monitoring smart motorways
      • Benchmarking National Highways' performance and efficiency
      • National Highways licence monitoring and enforcement
      • Our role in the development of road investment strategies
      • All roads monitoring
    • Environment and sustainable development
      • The environment, sustainable development and rail
      • The environment, sustainable development and roads
      • ORR corporate sustainable development activity
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        • Apply for permissions, certificates or authorisations
        • Railway infrastructure and vehicle safety
        • All health & safety
      • Operator access to the network
        • Infrastructure access guidance and policies
        • Access to regulated networks
        • Station and depot access
        • Appeals under The Access and Management Regulations
        • All on operator access to the network
      • Operator licences & exemptions
        • Licensing the railway
        • Licence obligations
        • Third party liability insurance notifications
        • How to apply
        • Model licences and licence exemptions
        • Current licences
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        • All operator licences & exemptions
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      • All rail guidance & compliance
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