The Channel Tunnel (Application of Road Traffic Enactments) Order 1994

• Citation: S.I. 1994/970
• Sections: 5

Section 1 Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Channel Tunnel (Application of Road Traffic Enactments) Order 1994 and shall come into force on 5th April 1994.

Section 2 Interpretation

In this Order, "the deposited plan" means the plan marked "The Channel Tunnel (Application of Road Traffic Enactments) Order 1994", signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport, dated 16th March 1994 and deposited at the Department of Transport Parliamentary Library, Room P3/001, 2 Marsham Street, London SW1P 3EB

Section 3 Application of road traffic enactments

For the purposes of subsection (5) of section 23 of the Channel Tunnel Act 1987, the date for the application of the enactments relating to road traffic to any tunnel system road is 5th April 1994.

Section 4 Functions conferred on the Concessionaires

The functions exercisable by a local authority under the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 and under any subordinate legislation within the meaning of the Interpretation Act 1978 made thereunder shall be conferred upon the Concessionaires.

Section 5 Tunnel system roads to which the road traffic enactments shall not apply

The enactments relating to road traffic shall not apply in relation to the following tunnel system roads—

(a) the service tunnel road between the entry to the tunnel service area and the frontier, which road is indicated coloured red and marked 1 on the deposited plan;

(b) the three paved areas between the loading platforms, which areas are indicated coloured red and marked 2 on the deposited plan;

(c) the area of hard standing around the maintenance facility and the adjoining loop alongside the adjacent railway tracks, which area and loop are indicted coloured red and marked 3 on the deposited plan.