Statutory Instruments

1998 No. 1445

TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ENGLAND AND WALES

The Channel Tunnel Rail Link (Qualifying Authorities) Order 1998

Made

10th June 1998

Laid before Parliament

17th June 1998

Coming into force

8th July 1998

1.  This Order may be cited as the Channel Tunnel Rail Link (Qualifying Authorities) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 8th July 1998.

2.  The Medway Towns District Council, being a relevant local authority which is not a qualifying authority and in respect of which a change of circumstances since the relevant date has significantly affected the way in which it carries out its functions, shall be a qualifying authority for the purposes of Schedule 6 to the Channel Tunnel Rail Link Act 1996.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Glenda Jackson

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions

10th June 1998

Explanatory Note

(This Note is not part of the Order)

This Order provides for the Medway Towns District Council to be a qualifying authority for the purposes of Schedule 6 to the Channel Tunnel Rail Link Act 1996.