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The Channel Tunnel (International Arrangements) Order 1993
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Changes and effects yet to be applied to Article 7:
- Sch. 2A inserted by S.I. 2001/1544 art. 4(2) (This amendment comes into force on the date on which the Additional Protocol between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the French Republic enters into force, see art. 1(2). The Additional Protocol entered into force on 25.5.2001 as notified in the Gazettes)
- Sch. 2A words inserted by S.I. 2007/2907 art. 2(7)
- Sch. 3 para. 2(3A)(3B) inserted by S.I. 2015/856 art. 3(2)
- Sch. 3 para. 3(2A) inserted by S.I. 2021/1196 art. 2(4)(b)
- Sch. 3 para. 1(3) words substituted by S.I. 2021/1196 art. 2(2)(b)
- Sch. 3 Pt. 1 para. 1(3) inserted by S.I. 1994/1405 Sch. 4 para. 10(a)
- Sch. 3 Pt. 1 para. 4(1) substituted by S.I. 1994/1405 Sch. 4 para. 10(c)
- Sch. 3 Pt. 2 para. 3(a) substituted by S.I. 2003/2799 art. 2(2)
- Sch. 3 Pt. 2 para. 5(g) words substituted by S.I. 2003/2799 art. 2(4)
- Sch. 3 Pt. 2 para. 6(a) words substituted by S.I. 2003/2799 art. 2(5)
- Sch. 4 para. 7 inserted by 2019 c. 3 Sch. 3 para. 63(1)
- Sch. 4 para. 1(11)(ea)(eb) inserted by S.I. 2000/1775 art. 2(2)
- Sch. 4 para. 4 inserted by S.I. 2000/1775 art. 2(3)
- Sch. 4 para. 1(11)(s)(t) inserted by S.I. 2000/913 art. 2(3)
- Sch. 4 para. 1(9A) inserted by S.I. 2001/1544 art. 6(2) (This amendment comes into force on the date on which the Additional Protocol between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the French Republic enters into force, see art. 1(2). The Additional Protocol entered into force on 25.5.2001 as notified in the Gazettes)
- Sch. 4 para. 5 inserted by S.I. 2001/3707 art. 7
- Sch. 4 para. 1(9)(d) and word inserted by S.I. 2014/1814 art. 2(2)(b)
- Sch. 4 para. 1(11)(ga) inserted by S.I. 2014/1814 art. 2(4)
- Sch. 4 para. 6 inserted by S.I. 2015/856 art. 4
- Sch. 4 para. 4(aa)(ab) inserted by S.I. 2020/915 art. 5(8)(a)
- Sch. 4 para. 4(ba) inserted by S.I. 2020/915 art. 5(8)(b)
- Sch. 4 para. 5 omitted by S.I. 2020/1309 reg. 26(2)
- Sch. 4 para. 1(11)(t) omitted by S.I. 2020/915 art. 5(5)(c)
- Sch. 4 para. 3A(e) omitted by S.I. 2020/915 art. 5(7)
- Sch. 4 para. 1(11)(ea) substituted by S.I. 2001/1544 art. 6(5) (This amendment comes into force on the date on which the Additional Protocol between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the French Republic enters into force, see art. 1(2). The Additional Protocol entered into force on 25.5.2001 as notified in the Gazettes)
- Sch. 4 para. 4 substituted by S.I. 2001/1544 art. 7 (This amendment comes into force on the date on which the Additional Protocol between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the French Republic enters into force, see art. 1(2). The Additional Protocol entered into force on 25.5.2001 as notified in the Gazettes)
- Sch. 4 para. 5(b) substituted by S.I. 2006/1003 Sch. 5 para. 1(2)(c)
- Sch. 4 para. 3(6) substituted by S.I. 2020/915 art. 5(6)(a)
- Sch. 4 para. 1(11)(q) word omitted by S.I. 2000/913 art. 2(2)
- Sch. 4 para. 5(a) word substituted by S.I. 2013/3032 Sch. 2 para. 1(a)
- Sch. 4 para. 5(b) word substituted by S.I. 2020/915 art. 5(9)(b)(i)
- Sch. 4 para. 3(1) words inserted by S.I. 1994/1405 Sch. 4 para. 11
- Sch. 4 para. 1(11)(eb)(i) words inserted by S.I. 2001/1544 art. 6(6) (This amendment comes into force on the date on which the Additional Protocol between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the French Republic enters into force, see art. 1(2). The Additional Protocol entered into force on 25.5.2001 as notified in the Gazettes)
- Sch. 4 para. 5(a) words inserted by S.I. 2012/1547 Sch. 2 para. 1
- Sch. 4 para. 1(11)(r) words substituted by S.I. 1994/1405 Sch. 4 para. 11
- Sch. 4 para. 1(11)(ea) words substituted by S.I. 2001/3707 art. 6(1)
- Sch. 4 para. 5 words substituted by S.I. 2006/1003 Sch. 5 para. 1(2)(a)
- Sch. 4 para. 5(a) words substituted by S.I. 2006/1003 Sch. 5 para. 1(2)(b)
- Sch. 4 para. 5(a) words substituted by S.I. 2013/3032 Sch. 2 para. 1(b)
- Sch. 4 para. 3(16) words substituted by S.I. 2020/915 art. 5(6)(b)
- Sch. 4 para. 5 words substituted by S.I. 2020/915 art. 5(9)(a)
- Sch. 4 para. 5(b) words substituted by S.I. 2020/915 art. 5(9)(b)(ii)
- Sch. 5 Pt. 2 para. 6 6A substituted for Sch. 5 Pt. 2 para. 6 by S.I. 2001/418 art. 3
- art. 2(4)(5) inserted by S.I. 2001/1544 art. 3(2) (This amendment comes into force on the date on which the Additional Protocol between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the French Republic enters into force, see art. 1(2). The Additional Protocol entered into force on 25.5.2001 as notified in the Gazettes)
- art. 2(4) words inserted by S.I. 2007/2907 art. 2(2)
- art. 2(6) inserted by S.I. 2007/2907 art. 2(3)
- art. 2(7) inserted by S.I. 2012/1264 art. 3(b)
- art. 3A inserted by S.I. 2001/1544 art. 3(3) (This amendment comes into force on the date on which the Additional Protocol between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the French Republic enters into force, see art. 1(2). The Additional Protocol entered into force on 25.5.2001 as notified in the Gazettes)
- art. 3A(2) words inserted by S.I. 2007/2907 art. 2(4)
- art. 3A(3) substituted by S.I. 2001/3707 art. 3(2)
- art. 3A(3) words inserted by S.I. 2007/2907 art. 2(4)
- art. 3A(4) inserted by S.I. 2007/2907 art. 2(4)
- art. 4(1A) inserted by S.I. 1996/2283 art. 2(b)
- art. 4(1B) inserted by S.I. 2001/1544 art. 3(4) (This amendment comes into force on the date on which the Additional Protocol between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the French Republic enters into force, see art. 1(2). The Additional Protocol entered into force on 25.5.2001 as notified in the Gazettes)
- art. 4(1C) inserted by S.I. 2001/3707 art. 4
- art. 4(1C) words substituted by S.I. 2020/915 art. 3
- art. 4(1AA) inserted by S.I. 2012/1264 art. 4(a)
- art. 4(2)(c) and word inserted by S.I. 2012/1264 art. 4(c)
- art. 4(4) inserted by S.I. 2019/419 Sch. 3 para. 27(4)
- art. 5(1A) inserted by S.I. 1994/1405 Sch. 4 para. 9(a)
- art. 5(1A) words inserted by S.I. 2020/915 art. 4(3)(a)
- art. 5(1A) words substituted by S.I. 2020/915 art. 4(3)(b)
- art. 5(1ZA)(1ZB) inserted by S.I. 2020/915 art. 4(2)
- art. 5A inserted by S.I. 2001/1544 art. 3(8) (This amendment comes into force on the date on which the Additional Protocol between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the French Republic enters into force, see art. 1(2). The Additional Protocol entered into force on 25.5.2001 as notified in the Gazettes)
- art. 7(1) words substituted by S.I. 2001/1544 art. 3(9)(a) (This amendment comes into force on the date on which the Additional Protocol between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the French Republic enters into force, see art. 1(2). The Additional Protocol entered into force on 25.5.2001 as notified in the Gazettes)
- art. 7(1)(a) words inserted by S.I. 2001/1544 art. 3(9)(b) (This amendment comes into force on the date on which the Additional Protocol between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the French Republic enters into force, see art. 1(2). The Additional Protocol entered into force on 25.5.2001 as notified in the Gazettes)
- art. 7(1A) inserted by S.I. 2007/2907 art. 2(5)
- art. 7(2) words inserted by S.I. 2001/1544 art. 3(10) (This amendment comes into force on the date on which the Additional Protocol between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the French Republic enters into force, see art. 1(2). The Additional Protocol entered into force on 25.5.2001 as notified in the Gazettes)
- art. 7(3A) inserted by S.I. 2001/1544 art. 3(11) (This amendment comes into force on the date on which the Additional Protocol between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the French Republic enters into force, see art. 1(2). The Additional Protocol entered into force on 25.5.2001 as notified in the Gazettes)
- art. 7(4) inserted by S.I. 1996/2283 art. 2(c)
Changes and effects yet to be applied to the whole Instrument associated Parts and Chapters:
Whole provisions yet to be inserted into this Instrument (including any effects on those provisions):
- Sch. 2A inserted by S.I. 2001/1544 art. 4(2) (This amendment comes into force on the date on which the Additional Protocol between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the French Republic enters into force, see art. 1(2). The Additional Protocol entered into force on 25.5.2001 as notified in the Gazettes)
- Sch. 2A words inserted by S.I. 2007/2907 art. 2(7)
- Sch. 3 para. 2(3A)(3B) inserted by S.I. 2015/856 art. 3(2)
- Sch. 3 para. 3(2A) inserted by S.I. 2021/1196 art. 2(4)(b)
- Sch. 3 para. 1(3) words substituted by S.I. 2021/1196 art. 2(2)(b)
- Sch. 3 Pt. 1 para. 1(3) inserted by S.I. 1994/1405 Sch. 4 para. 10(a)
- Sch. 3 Pt. 1 para. 4(1) substituted by S.I. 1994/1405 Sch. 4 para. 10(c)
- Sch. 3 Pt. 2 para. 3(a) substituted by S.I. 2003/2799 art. 2(2)
- Sch. 3 Pt. 2 para. 5(g) words substituted by S.I. 2003/2799 art. 2(4)
- Sch. 3 Pt. 2 para. 6(a) words substituted by S.I. 2003/2799 art. 2(5)
- Sch. 4 para. 7 inserted by 2019 c. 3 Sch. 3 para. 63(1)
- Sch. 4 para. 1(11)(ea)(eb) inserted by S.I. 2000/1775 art. 2(2)
- Sch. 4 para. 4 inserted by S.I. 2000/1775 art. 2(3)
- Sch. 4 para. 1(11)(s)(t) inserted by S.I. 2000/913 art. 2(3)
- Sch. 4 para. 1(9A) inserted by S.I. 2001/1544 art. 6(2) (This amendment comes into force on the date on which the Additional Protocol between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the French Republic enters into force, see art. 1(2). The Additional Protocol entered into force on 25.5.2001 as notified in the Gazettes)
- Sch. 4 para. 5 inserted by S.I. 2001/3707 art. 7
- Sch. 4 para. 1(9)(d) and word inserted by S.I. 2014/1814 art. 2(2)(b)
- Sch. 4 para. 1(11)(ga) inserted by S.I. 2014/1814 art. 2(4)
- Sch. 4 para. 6 inserted by S.I. 2015/856 art. 4
- Sch. 4 para. 4(aa)(ab) inserted by S.I. 2020/915 art. 5(8)(a)
- Sch. 4 para. 4(ba) inserted by S.I. 2020/915 art. 5(8)(b)
- Sch. 4 para. 5 omitted by S.I. 2020/1309 reg. 26(2)
- Sch. 4 para. 1(11)(t) omitted by S.I. 2020/915 art. 5(5)(c)
- Sch. 4 para. 3A(e) omitted by S.I. 2020/915 art. 5(7)
- Sch. 4 para. 1(11)(ea) substituted by S.I. 2001/1544 art. 6(5) (This amendment comes into force on the date on which the Additional Protocol between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the French Republic enters into force, see art. 1(2). The Additional Protocol entered into force on 25.5.2001 as notified in the Gazettes)
- Sch. 4 para. 4 substituted by S.I. 2001/1544 art. 7 (This amendment comes into force on the date on which the Additional Protocol between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the French Republic enters into force, see art. 1(2). The Additional Protocol entered into force on 25.5.2001 as notified in the Gazettes)
- Sch. 4 para. 5(b) substituted by S.I. 2006/1003 Sch. 5 para. 1(2)(c)
- Sch. 4 para. 3(6) substituted by S.I. 2020/915 art. 5(6)(a)
- Sch. 4 para. 1(11)(q) word omitted by S.I. 2000/913 art. 2(2)
- Sch. 4 para. 5(a) word substituted by S.I. 2013/3032 Sch. 2 para. 1(a)
- Sch. 4 para. 5(b) word substituted by S.I. 2020/915 art. 5(9)(b)(i)
- Sch. 4 para. 3(1) words inserted by S.I. 1994/1405 Sch. 4 para. 11
- Sch. 4 para. 1(11)(eb)(i) words inserted by S.I. 2001/1544 art. 6(6) (This amendment comes into force on the date on which the Additional Protocol between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the French Republic enters into force, see art. 1(2). The Additional Protocol entered into force on 25.5.2001 as notified in the Gazettes)
- Sch. 4 para. 5(a) words inserted by S.I. 2012/1547 Sch. 2 para. 1
- Sch. 4 para. 1(11)(r) words substituted by S.I. 1994/1405 Sch. 4 para. 11
- Sch. 4 para. 1(11)(ea) words substituted by S.I. 2001/3707 art. 6(1)
- Sch. 4 para. 5 words substituted by S.I. 2006/1003 Sch. 5 para. 1(2)(a)
- Sch. 4 para. 5(a) words substituted by S.I. 2006/1003 Sch. 5 para. 1(2)(b)
- Sch. 4 para. 5(a) words substituted by S.I. 2013/3032 Sch. 2 para. 1(b)
- Sch. 4 para. 3(16) words substituted by S.I. 2020/915 art. 5(6)(b)
- Sch. 4 para. 5 words substituted by S.I. 2020/915 art. 5(9)(a)
- Sch. 4 para. 5(b) words substituted by S.I. 2020/915 art. 5(9)(b)(ii)
- Sch. 5 Pt. 2 para. 6 6A substituted for Sch. 5 Pt. 2 para. 6 by S.I. 2001/418 art. 3
- art. 2(4)(5) inserted by S.I. 2001/1544 art. 3(2) (This amendment comes into force on the date on which the Additional Protocol between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the French Republic enters into force, see art. 1(2). The Additional Protocol entered into force on 25.5.2001 as notified in the Gazettes)
- art. 2(4) words inserted by S.I. 2007/2907 art. 2(2)
- art. 2(6) inserted by S.I. 2007/2907 art. 2(3)
- art. 2(7) inserted by S.I. 2012/1264 art. 3(b)
- art. 3A inserted by S.I. 2001/1544 art. 3(3) (This amendment comes into force on the date on which the Additional Protocol between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the French Republic enters into force, see art. 1(2). The Additional Protocol entered into force on 25.5.2001 as notified in the Gazettes)
- art. 3A(2) words inserted by S.I. 2007/2907 art. 2(4)
- art. 3A(3) substituted by S.I. 2001/3707 art. 3(2)
- art. 3A(3) words inserted by S.I. 2007/2907 art. 2(4)
- art. 3A(4) inserted by S.I. 2007/2907 art. 2(4)
- art. 4(1A) inserted by S.I. 1996/2283 art. 2(b)
- art. 4(1B) inserted by S.I. 2001/1544 art. 3(4) (This amendment comes into force on the date on which the Additional Protocol between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the French Republic enters into force, see art. 1(2). The Additional Protocol entered into force on 25.5.2001 as notified in the Gazettes)
- art. 4(1C) inserted by S.I. 2001/3707 art. 4
- art. 4(1C) words substituted by S.I. 2020/915 art. 3
- art. 4(1AA) inserted by S.I. 2012/1264 art. 4(a)
- art. 4(2)(c) and word inserted by S.I. 2012/1264 art. 4(c)
- art. 4(4) inserted by S.I. 2019/419 Sch. 3 para. 27(4)
- art. 5(1A) inserted by S.I. 1994/1405 Sch. 4 para. 9(a)
- art. 5(1A) words inserted by S.I. 2020/915 art. 4(3)(a)
- art. 5(1A) words substituted by S.I. 2020/915 art. 4(3)(b)
- art. 5(1ZA)(1ZB) inserted by S.I. 2020/915 art. 4(2)
- art. 5A inserted by S.I. 2001/1544 art. 3(8) (This amendment comes into force on the date on which the Additional Protocol between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the French Republic enters into force, see art. 1(2). The Additional Protocol entered into force on 25.5.2001 as notified in the Gazettes)
- art. 7(1A) inserted by S.I. 2007/2907 art. 2(5)
- art. 7(3A) inserted by S.I. 2001/1544 art. 3(11) (This amendment comes into force on the date on which the Additional Protocol between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the French Republic enters into force, see art. 1(2). The Additional Protocol entered into force on 25.5.2001 as notified in the Gazettes)
- art. 7(4) inserted by S.I. 1996/2283 art. 2(c)
Enactments modifiedU.K.
7.—(1) Without prejudice to the generality of articles 4(1) and 5(1), the frontier control enactments mentioned in Schedule 4 shall—
(a)in their application to France by virtue of article 4(1), and
(b)in their application to the United Kingdom—
(i)within the tunnel system, and
(ii)elsewhere for the authorised purposes,
have effect with the modifications set out in Schedule 4.
(2) Subject to paragraph (3), within a control zone and on trains within the tunnel system section 54(3) of the Firearms Act 1968(1) (application to Crown servants) shall have effect as if the reference to a member of a police force included a reference to an officer belonging to the French Republic exercising functions as mentioned in Article 28(2) of the international articles.
(3) As respects officers exercising their functions in a control zone paragraph (2) applies only to the agreed number of specifed officers mentioned in Article 28(2)(b) of the international articles.
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I1Art. 7 comes into force in accordance with art. 1
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