The Channel Tunnel Act 1987 (c. 53) is an
Act of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom
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which authorised the construction of the
Channel Tunnel
The Channel Tunnel (french: Tunnel sous la Manche), also known as the Chunnel, is a railway tunnel that connects Folkestone ( Kent, England, UK) with Coquelles (Hauts-de-France, France) beneath the English Channel at the Strait of Dove ...
between the
United Kingdom
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and
France
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in accordance with the
Treaty of Canterbury, which was signed in 1986. Section 2 of the Act forbade any public subsidy of the project.
Notes
This Act enables to be written Statutory Instruments:
* the
Channel Tunnel (International Arrangements) Order 1993
The Channel Tunnel (french: Tunnel sous la Manche), also known as the Chunnel, is a underwater railway tunnel that connects Folkestone (Kent, England) with Coquelles (Pas-de-Calais, France) beneath the English Channel at the Strait of Dover. ...
, whereby the
European Union
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agreement on border control known as the
Sangatte Protocol was brought into jurisdiction by the
Lord Chancellor
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, the
Secretary of State for the Home Department
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, the
Secretary of State for Health
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, the
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
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and the
Commissioners of Customs and Excise. The
Sangatte Protocol is a 12-page document written in the national language of each state, which deals with responsibility for, inter alia,
asylum applications.
['']Frontex
The European Border and Coast Guard Agency, also known as Frontex (from French: ''Frontières extérieures'' for "external borders"), is an agency of the European Union headquartered in Warsaw, Poland, exercising in coordination with the border ...
: The EU External Borders Agency, 9th Report of Session 2007-08, Report with Evidence'' (TSO, 2008) p.161 The French legislated it by Décret n°93-1136.
legifrance.gouv.fr: "Décret n°93-1136 du 24 septembre 1993 portant publication du protocole entre le Gouvernement de la République française et le Gouvernement du Royaume-Uni de Grande-Bretagne et d'Irlande du Nord relatif aux contrôles frontaliers et à la police, à la coopération judiciaire en matière pénale, à la sécurité civile et à l'assistance mutuelle, concernant la liaison fixe transmanche, signé à Sangatte le 25 novembre 1991"
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* the Channel Tunnel (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 1994.
For sea-related matters, see the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002, and the .
The Immigration Act 1971
The Immigration Act 1971c 77 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom concerning immigration and nearly entirely remaking the field of British immigration law. The Act, as with the Commonwealth Immigrants Act 1962, and that of 1968, r ...
allows the search of vehicles and the control checkpoint analogous to those at Heathrow Airport.[
]
References
United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1987
Right of asylum legislation in the United Kingdom
Channel Tunnel
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