Channel Tunnel Act 1987

33 Competition, etc. U.K.

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(2) Where the Concessionaires are for the time being two or more persons, the Secretary of State may, after consultation with the Director General of Fair Trading, by order provide that—

(a) the Concessionaires and any body corporate which is a member of the same group as any of them shall be deemed to be members of one and the same group of interconnected bodies corporate for the purposes of section 6(1)(b) (monopoly situation in relation to the supply of goods by or to members of one and the same group of interconnected bodies corporate) and 7(1)(b) (corresponding provision in relation to the supply of services) of the Act of 1973;

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(5) In connection with the approval of any channel tunnel agreement for the purposes of section 29, the Secretary of State may, after consultation with the Director General of Fair Trading, by order provide that—

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(6) An order under subsection (2) F4 . . .above may impose, on any person to whom any provision made under that subsection relates, such requirements as the Secretary of State considers it expedient to impose in connection with that provision.

(7) Section 93(3) and (4) of the Act of 1973 (which enables the Secretary of State to apply to the court for an order to enforce certain directions given by him under that Act and makes provision with respect to the expenses of such an application) shall apply in relation to requirements imposed by an order under subsection (2) F4 . . . above as it applies in relation to directions given under section 90(7) of that Act.

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(10) In section 137(3) of the Act of 1973 (which defines “the supply of services” for the purposes of that Act and, by virtue of section 33(2) of the Act of 1980, for the purposes also of sections 2 to 24 of the latter Act) there shall be added after paragraph (d)—

“and

(e) includes the making of arrangements permitting use of the tunnel system (within the meaning of the Channel Tunnel Act 1987) by a person operating services for the carriage of passengers or goods by rail.”

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(12) In this section—

• “the Act of 1973” means the M1 Fair Trading Act 1973;

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• “channel tunnel agreement” means any agreement connected with the construction or operation of the tunnel system;

• “group” means a body corporate and all other bodies corporate which are its subsidiaries within the meaning of the M2 Companies Act 1985; and

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Textual Amendments

F1 S. 33(1)(2)(b)(3)(4)(5)(a)(8)(9) repealed (1.3.2000) by S.I. 2000/311, art. 21(2)

F2 S. 33(2)(c) and the preceding word “and” repealed (1.3.2000) by 1998 c. 41, s. 74(1)(3), Sch. 12 para. 11(a), Sch. 14 Pt. I (with s. 73); S.I. 2000/344, art. 2, Sch.

F3 S. 33(5)(b)(c) repealed (1.3.2000) by 1998 c. 41, s. 74(1)(3), Sch. 12 para. 11(b), Sch. 14 Pt. I (with s. 73); S.I. 2000/344, art. 2, Sch.

F4 Words in s. 33(6)(7) repealed (1.3.2000) by S.I. 2000/311, art. 21(3)

F5 S. 33(11) repealed (1.4.1994) by 1993 c. 43, ss. 150(1)(o), 152(3), Sch. 14; S.I. 1994/571, art. 5

F6 Definitions in s. 33(12) repealed (1.3.2000) by S.I. 2000/311, art. 21(4)

Marginal Citations

M1 1973 c. 41.

M2 1985 c. 6.