Common use of Calculation of Minutes Delay Clause in Contracts

Calculation of Minutes Delay. The Minutes Delay in respect of a Train when it triggers a Recording Point shall be equal to: (a) in respect of the first Recording Point triggered by that Train on any day, the number of minutes (rounded down to the nearest whole minute) by which the time at which that Train triggers the Recording Point is later than the time at which that Train is scheduled in the Applicable Timetable to do so; and (b) in respect of any other Recording Point, the lesser of: (i) the number of Minutes Delay in respect of that Recording Point calculated in accordance with sub-paragraph 3(a) above (as if that Recording Point were the first Recording Point triggered by that Train); and (ii) the greater of ((A1-A2)+B) and zero where: A1 is the number of minutes between the time at which the Train triggers the Recording Point (rounded down to the nearest whole minute) and the time the Train last triggered a Recording Point (rounded down to the nearest whole minute); A2 is the relevant time lapse scheduled in the Applicable Timetable between those same two Recording Points; and B is any Recovery Time between those Recording Points incorporated in the Applicable Timetable; (c) provided that: (i) any Minutes Delay which arise from a single incident or a series of related incidents and which are less than three minutes in aggregate shall be deemed to be zero; and (ii) if for any Train the aggregate Minutes Delay in respect of all Recording Points caused by a single incident are in excess of the Cap specified in Column I of Appendix 1 for that Service Group, then such excess shall be disregarded.