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Works and Land for the Tunnel System and Connected Road and Rail Works
Status, Operation and Regulation of the Tunnel System
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
29. Scheme for land on abandonment of construction or operation
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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44. Modification of enactments relating to coast protection, safety of navigation and the powers of harbour authorities
46. Determination of questions referred to arbitration under this Act
Supplementary Provisions as to the Scheduled Works and other Authorised Works
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.
[23rd July 1987]
Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
Channel Tunnel Act 1987