Channel Tunnel Act 1987
Act creating a Folkestone–Calais undersea rail link
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The Channel Tunnel Act 1987 (c. 53) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which authorised the construction of the Channel Tunnel between the United Kingdom and France in accordance with the Treaty of Canterbury, which was signed in 1986. Section 2 of the act forbade any public subsidy of the project.
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Long titleAn Act to provide for the construction and operation of a railway tunnel system under the English Channel, together with associated works; to provide for connected improvements in the road network near Ashford, in Kent, and in the rail network in South Eastern England; to incorporate part of the railway tunnel system into the United Kingdom and to provide for the application and enforcement of law in relation to, and otherwise for the regulation of, that system and matters connected with it; to provide for the construction of certain highways and associated works in the vicinity of Folkestone; and for connected purposes.
Introduced bySir Geoffrey Howe, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Commons)
Territorial extentUnited Kingdom[b]
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| Long title | An Act to provide for the construction and operation of a railway tunnel system under the English Channel, together with associated works; to provide for connected improvements in the road network near Ashford, in Kent, and in the rail network in South Eastern England; to incorporate part of the railway tunnel system into the United Kingdom and to provide for the application and enforcement of law in relation to, and otherwise for the regulation of, that system and matters connected with it; to provide for the construction of certain highways and associated works in the vicinity of Folkestone; and for connected purposes. | ||||||||
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| Citation | 1987 c. 53 | ||||||||
| Introduced by | Sir Geoffrey Howe, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Commons) | ||||||||
| Territorial extent | United Kingdom[b] | ||||||||
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| Royal assent | 23 July 1987 | ||||||||
| Commencement | 23 July 1987[c] | ||||||||
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Status: Amended | |||||||||
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| Text of the Channel Tunnel Act 1987 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk. | |||||||||
Notes
This act enabled several statutory instruments:
- the Channel Tunnel (International Arrangements) Order 1993 (SI 1993/1813), whereby the European Union agreement on border control known as the Sangatte Protocol was brought into jurisdiction by the Lord Chancellor, the Secretary of State for the Home Department, the Secretary of State for Health, the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Commissioners of Customs and Excise. The Sangatte Protocol is a 12-page document written in the national language of each state,[1] which deals with responsibility for, inter alia, asylum applications.[2] The French legislated it by Décret n°93-1136.[3]
- the Channel Tunnel (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 1994 (SI 1994/1405).
For sea-related matters, see the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002, and the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (Juxtaposed Controls) Order 2003.
The Immigration Act 1971 allows the search of vehicles and the control checkpoint analogous to those at Heathrow Airport.[2]
Notes
- Section 50(1).
- Section 50(2).
- Section 4(b) of the Interpretation Act 1978.
