The Channel Tunnel (Safety) Order 2007

Interpretation

2.  In this Order—

“the 1974 Act” means the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974(1);

“the Fixed Link” means the Channel fixed link as defined in Article 1(2) of the Treaty;

“the Intergovernmental Commission” means the Commission established under Article 10 of the Treaty to supervise, in the name and on behalf of the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the French Republic, all matters concerning the construction and operation of the Fixed Link;

“railway undertaking” has the same meaning as in article 1xx of the Regulation;

“Regulation” means the provisions set out in the Schedule (being a regulation drawn up by the Intergovernmental Commission, under Article 10(3) (e) of the Treaty, on the safety of the Fixed Link); and

“the Treaty” means the Treaty between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the French Republic concerning the construction and operation by private concessionaires of the Fixed Link signed at Canterbury on 12th February 1986(2).

(1)

1974 c. 37.

(2)

Presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs by Command of Her Majesty February 1986. Published as Treaty Series No. 15 (1992), Command Paper 1827. (Out of print but copies may be obtained from the British Library.)