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20 Byelaws of the Concessionaires.U.K.

(1)The Concessionaires may make byelaws regulating the operation and use of the tunnel system (including the use of shuttle trains), the maintenance of order in the system and the conduct of all persons while using or otherwise in the system and, in particular, byelaws—

(a)with respect to interference with or obstruction of the operation of the tunnel system;

(b)with respect to the prevention of nuisances and of damage to property;

(c)prohibiting or restricting access to any premises, place or vehicle in the tunnel system;

(d)prohibiting the smoking of tobacco in any such premises, place or vehicle;

(e)prohibiting the admission of any description of vehicle specified in the byelaws to, or requiring the removal of any such description of vehicle from, the tunnel system or any premises, place or other vehicle in it;

(f)regulating the use or conveyance of vehicles and prohibiting or regulating the conveyance of goods other than vehicles, in particular dangerous goods;

(g)for requiring any person, if required by a constable or a person authorised for the purpose by the Concessionaires, to state his name and address and the purpose of his being in the tunnel system;

(h)for requiring any person, if required by a constable or a person so authorised, to leave the tunnel system or any premises, place or vehicle in it and to remove any goods which he has with him; and

(i)for securing the safe custody and redelivery of any property which, while not in proper custody, is found within the tunnel system, and in particular—

(i)for requiring charges to be paid in respect of any such property before it is redelivered; and

(ii)for authorising the disposal of any such property if it is not redelivered before the end of such period as may be specified in the byelaws.

(2)Byelaws under this section may provide—

(a)for the punishment on summary conviction of contraventions of any of the byelaws with a fine not exceeding a maximum fixed by the byelaws; and

(b)for any defence specified in the byelaws to be available in proceedings for a contravention of any byelaw, either generally or in circumstances so specified.

(3)Different provision may be made by virtue of subsection (2)(a) or (b) above in relation to different byelaws; but the greatest maximum fine that may be fixed for contravention of any byelaw shall not exceed level 4 on the standard scale.

(4)A constable or a person authorised for the purpose by the Concessionaires may remove from the tunnel system or any premises, place or vehicle in it any person whom he reasonably suspects to be contravening or to have contravened any byelaw made under this section and any goods which he has with him.

(5)A person so authorised may take steps to remove or obviate any danger being caused or likely to be caused by the contravention of any byelaw made under this section.

(6)Byelaws under this section shall not come into operation until they have been confirmed by the Secretary of State under section 21 of this Act.

(7)When any byelaws under this section have been so confirmed—

(a)a copy of the byelaws shall be printed and deposited at such place or places as may be specified in a direction given to the Concessionaires by the Secretary of State and shall at all reasonable hours be open to public inspection free of charge; and

(b)a copy of the byelaws, or any part of them, shall be supplied to any person on request on payment of such reasonable fee as the Concessionaires may determine.

(8)The production of a printed copy of a byelaw purporting to be made by the Concessionaires on which is endorsed a certificate purporting to be signed by a person authorised to do so by the Concessionaires stating—

(a)that the byelaw is made by the Concessionaires;

(b)that the copy is a true copy of the byelaw;

(c)that on a specified date the byelaw was confirmed by the Secretary of State; and

(d)the date, if any, fixed by the Secretary of State for the coming into operation of the byelaw;

shall be evidence of the facts stated in the certificate, without proof of the handwriting or authorisation of the person by whom it purports to be signed.

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