Channel Tunnel Act 1987
Channel Tunnel Act 1987 (1987 c. 53)
- Channel Tunnel Act 1987 (1987 c. 53)
- Part I Preliminary
- 1 Construction and operation of a tunnel rail link between the United Kingdom and France.
- 2 No government funds or guarantees for the tunnel system.
- 3 Provision for further definition of the tunnel system and for applying this Act to a new Concession.
- 4 Notice with respect to operation, expiry or termination of the Concession.
- Part II Works and Land for the Tunnel System and Connected Road and Rail Works
- 5 Construction of the scheduled works.
- 6 Supplementary provisions as to the scheduled works and other authorised works.
- 7 Vesting of seaward section of tunnel system in Secretary of State, subject to Concession lease.
- 8 Acquisition of land for the scheduled works and other authorised works.
- 9 Planning permission, etc.
- 9 Planning permission, etc.
- Part III Status, Operation and Regulation of the Tunnel System
- Status of the tunnel system
- 10 Incorporation of part of the tunnel system into the United Kingdom and general application of law.
- Application and enforcement of law
- 11 Regulation of the tunnel system: application and enforcement of law, etc.
- 12 Controls on board trains engaged on international services.
- 13 Provisions supplementary to sections 11 and 12.
- 14 Arrangements for the policing of the tunnel system.
- Application of English law to Concession agreements and leases to be subject to international arrangements
- 15 Contract law and arbitration law.
- 16 Landlord and tenant law.
- Intergovernmental supervision of construction and operation
- 17 Supervision by Intergovernmental Commission and Safety Authority.
- 18 Intergovernmental Commission and Safety Authority: supplementary.
- Regulation of operation of the system
- 19 Operation by the Concessionaires.
- 20 Byelaws of the Concessionaires.
- 21 Confirmation of byelaws by Secretary of State.
- 22 Application of Railways Board’s byelaws to their services in the tunnel system.
- 23 Control of traffic within the tunnel system.
- 24 Approval of trains.
- Termination of construction or operation
- 25 Maintenance of the tunnel system on termination of construction by Concessionaires.
- 26 Operation of the tunnel system on a temporary basis where practicable on termination of the Concession.
- 27 Limitations on exercise of Secretary of State’s powers under sections 25 and 26.
- 28 Provisions supplementary to sections 25 to 27.
- 29 Scheme for land on abandonment of construction or operation.
- Miscellaneous
- 30 Rating.
- 31 Building regulations.
- 32 Exclusion of rights under electronic communications code
- 33 Competition, etc.
- 34 Supplementary provisions with respect to orders under Part III.
- Part IV Construction and Improvement of Roads near Folkestone
- 35 The A20 improvement works.
- 36 Acquisition of land for the A20 improvement works.
- Part V Miscellaneous and General
- 37 Supplementary provisions with respect to acquisition of land.
- 38 Time within which powers of compulsory acquisition may be exercised.
- 39 Extension of Railways Board’s powers in connection with through services.
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- 41 Railway services: consultative committees and closures.
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- 43 Application of railway regulation enactments.
- 44 Modification of enactments relating to coast protection, safety of navigation and the powers of harbour authorities.
- 45 Protection of interests.
- 46 Determination of questions referred to arbitration under this Act.
- 47 Offences by bodies corporate
- 48 Financial provisions
- 49 Interpretation
- 50 Short title and extent.
- SCHEDULE 1 The Scheduled Works
- Part I, The Concessionaires’ Scheduled Works
- Part II The County Council’s Scheduled Works
- Part III The Railways Board’s Scheduled Works
- Part IV Supplementary
- Interpretation
- Limits of deviation
- SCHEDULE 2 Supplementary Provisions as to the Scheduled Works and other Authorised Works
- Part I Application of Enactments
- Application of Part II of the Public Utilities Street Works Act 1950
- Application of Railways Clauses Acts
- Part II Regulation of Scheduled Works and Subsidiary Provisions
- Section A Provisions Applicable to Concessionaires
- Use of electrical energy
- Concessionaires’ subsidiary works
- Use of lagoon for drainage
- Safety of lagoon
- Section B Provisions Applicable to County Council
- County Council’s subsidiary works
- Section C Provisions Applicable to Railways Board
- Passenger station at Ashford
- Passenger station at Waterloo
- Railways at Stewart’s Lane, Wandsworth
- Works Nos. 25A and 25B: nature consultations
- Further works and powers
- Temporary possession of land
- Section D Provisions Applicable to Concessionaires, County Council and Railways Board
- Use of sewers, etc. for removing water
- Underpinning of buildings
- Part III Highways, Roads, etc.
- Stopping up of highways by Concessionaires, County Council and Railways Board
- Part I Highways to be stopped up
- Section A In connection with the Concessionaires’ scheduled works
- Section B In connection with the County Council’s scheduled works
- Section C In connection with the Railways Board’s scheduled works
- Part II Highways to be stopped up and new highways substituted therefor
- Section A In connection with the Concessionaires’ scheduled works
- Section B In connection with the County Council’s scheduled works
- Section C In connection with the Railways Board’s scheduled works
- Construction and completion of new or substituted highways
- Repair of highways and agreements with highway authorities
- Temporary interference with highways
- Power to use subsoil of highways
- Status of certain highways constructed by the Concessionaires
- Status of the County Council’s works
- Regulation of traffic on new roads
- Compensation for, and mitigation of, adverse effects of certain authorised works
- SCHEDULE 3 Planning Permission
- Preliminary
- Scheme of operation for authorised development
- Detailed plans and specifications for certain authorised development
- Spoil
- Protection of site at Holywell Coombe
- Arrangements and schemes for certain authorised development
- Consultation regarding County Council development
- Certificates for construction or use of certain authorised development
- Working sites: discontinuance of operations and putting into condition
- Nature, the countryside and archaeological and historic sites
- Approvals: supplementary
- SCHEDULE 4 The A20 Improvement Works
- Part I The Authorised Works
- Description of works
- Limits of deviation
- Interpretation of Part I
- Part II Interference with Highways
- Stopping up of highways
- Part I Highways to be stopped up
- Part II Highways to be stopped up and new highways substituted therefor
- Temporary interference with highways
- Part III Miscellaneous
- Status of new highways
- Regulation of construction of works
- Status of ancillary operations and works
- Application of Highways Act powers to provisions of this Schedule
- Regulation of traffic on new roads
- SCHEDULE 5 Supplementary Provisions as to Acquisition of Land
- Part I Purposes for which Certain Land may be Acquired or Used Under Section 8
- Section A Purposes of the Concessionaires
- Section B Purposes of the Railways Board
- Part II Purposes for which Certain Land may be Acquired or Used under Section 36
- Part III Supplementary
- Provision enabling owners and lessees to require purchase of their interests
- Acquisition of subsoil or rights in land
- Acquisition of part only of certain properties
- Minerals
- Extinguishment of private rights of way
- Provisions as to compensation
- Correction of deposited plans
- Adaptation of Part I of the Compulsory Purchase Act 1965
- SCHEDULE 6 Application of Railway Regulation Enactments
- Tunnel system railway to be a “railway” under the Regulation of Railways Act 1871
- Disapplication of enactments in the case of the Concessionaires and through service operators
- Extension of enactments in relation to through service operators
- Modification of enactments applying to Concessionaires and through service operators
- Extension of sections 55 and 56 of the British Transport Commission Act 1949 in relation to the tunnel system railway
- Interpretation
- SCHEDULE 7 Protective Provisions
- Part I Highways and Traffic
- Part II Protection of the Railways Board
- Part III Protection of Navigation
- Part IV Protection of Dover Harbour Board
- Part V Protection of Sewers
- Part VI Protection of Certain Statutory Undertakers
- Part VII Protection of Land Drainage
- Part VIII Further Protection of Southern Water Authority
- Part IX Further Protection of the Folkestone and District Water Company
- Part X Protection of Telecommunications Operators
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