The Channel Tunnel Rail Link (Supplementary Provisions) Act 2008 (c. 5) is an Act of the

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which amends the

Channel Tunnel Rail Link Act 1996 The Channel Tunnel Rail Link Act 1996 (c. 61) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that made legal provision for the construction, maintenance and operation of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link between St Pancras railway station and th ...

. Its principal provision is to allow the

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to charge the operator of the

Channel Tunnel Rail Link High Speed 1 (HS1), legally the Channel Tunnel Rail Link (CTRL), is a high-speed railway linking London with the Channel Tunnel. It is part of a line carrying international passenger traffic between the United Kingdom and mainland Europe; ...

"a fee in respect of the exercise of any of the Office of Rail Regulation's functions in relation to the rail link".

Passage of the bill

The legislation was introduced to the

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as the Channel Tunnel Rail Link (Supplementary Provisions)

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by the

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, on 8 November 2007. The Bill was read for the third time in the House of Commons on 17 January 2008 and passed to the

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with one amendment agreed. The Bill was read for the third time in the House of Lords on 13 May 2008 and was passed without further amendment.

Section 6 - Interpretation, commencement, short title

Section 6(2) provides that the Act came into force at the end of the period of two months that began on the date on which it was passed. The word "months" means

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s. The day (that is to say, 22 May 2008) on which the Act was passed (that is to say, received

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) is included in the period of two months.Hare v Gocher

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2 QB 641,

2 All ER 673; Trow v Ind Coope (West Midlands) Ltd

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2 QB 899 at 909,

2 All ER 900, CA. This means that the Act came into force on 22 July 2008.

References

External links

The Channel Tunnel Rail Link (Supplementary Provisions) Act 2008
as amended from the National Archives.
The Channel Tunnel Rail Link (Supplementary Provisions) Act 2008
as originally enacted from the National Archives.
Explanatory notes
to the Channel Tunnel Rail Link (Supplementary Provisions) Act 2008.
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