| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act to provide for the construction and operation of a railway tunnel system under the English Channel, together with associated works; to provide for connected improvements in the road network near Ashford, in Kent, and in the rail network in South Eastern England; to incorporate part of the railway tunnel system into the United Kingdom and to provide for the application and enforcement of law in relation to, and otherwise for the regulation of, that system and matters connected with it; to provide for the construction of certain highways and associated works in the vicinity of Folkestone; and for connected purposes. |
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| Citation | 1987 c. 53 |
| Introduced by | Sir Geoffrey Howe, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs |
| Territorial extent | United Kingdom (England and Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland) |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 23 July 1987 |
| Other legislation | |
| Relates to | Channel Tunnel Rail Link Act 1996 |
Status: Amended | |
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| Revised text of statute as amended | |
The Channel Tunnel Act 1987 (c. 53) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which authorised the construction of the Channel Tunnel between the United Kingdom and France in accordance with the Treaty of Canterbury, which was signed in 1986. Section 2 of the Act forbade any public subsidy of the project.