The Channel Tunnel (International Arrangements) (Amendment) Order 1996

• Citation: S.I. 1996/2283
• Sections: 2

Section 1

This Order may be cited as the Channel Tunnel (International Arrangements) (Amendment) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 2nd October 1996.

Section 2

The Channel Tunnel (International Arrangements) Order 1993 shall be amended as follows:

(a) In the definition of “Frontier controls” in Schedule 1 (expressions defined) after the word “phytosanitary” there shall be inserted the words “, and transport and road traffic”;

(b) In article 4 (application of enactments), in paragraph (1) after the words “frontier control enactments” there shall be inserted the words “except those relating to transport and road traffic controls” and after that paragraph there shall be inserted the following paragraph:–

(1A) All frontier control enactments relating to transport and road traffic controls shall for the purpose of enabling officers belonging to the United Kingdom to carry out such controls extend to France within the control zone in France within the tunnel system.

(c) In article 7 (enactments modified) there shall be inserted at the end the following paragraph:–

(4) The frontier control enactments relating to transport and road traffic controls in their application to France within the control zone in France within the tunnel system by virtue of article 4(1A) shall have effect as if any reference therein to a “public road” or “road” were a reference to any part of that control zone.