Channel Tunnel Rail Link (Supplementary Provisions) Act 2008
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|short_title=Channel Tunnel Rail Link (Supplementary Provisions) Act 2008The citation of this Act by this short title is authorised by [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/5/section/6 section 6(3)] of this Act.
|year=2008
|parliament=Parliament of the United Kingdom
|long_title=An Act to make provision amending, and supplementary to, the Channel Tunnel Rail Link Act 1996.
|statute_book_chapter=2008 c. 5
|introduced_by=Ruth Kelly{{cite web|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200708/cmhansrd/cm071108/debtext/71108-0002.htm#07110847000011|title=HC Hansard Volume 467 Part 3 Column 259|date=8 November 2007|work=Hansard|publisher=Parliament of the United Kingdom|accessdate=2008-08-31}}
|territorial_extent=England and Wales; Scotland; Northern Ireland
|royal_assent=22 May 2008{{cite web|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200708/ldhansrd/text/80522-0001.htm#08052258000010|title=HL Hansard Volume 701 Part 98 Column 1549|date=22 May 2008|work=Hansard|publisher=Parliament of the United Kingdom|accessdate=2008-08-31}}
|commencement=22 July 2008The Channel Tunnel Rail Link (Supplementary Provisions) Act 2008, section 6(2)
|repeal_date=
|amendments=
|amends=Channel Tunnel Rail Link Act 1996
|repealing_legislation=
|status=Current
|original_text=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/5/contents/enacted
|legislation_history=http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2007-08/channeltunnelraillinksupplementaryprovisions.html
|revised_text=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/5/contents
|}}
The Channel Tunnel Rail Link (Supplementary Provisions) Act 2008 (c. 5) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which amends the Channel Tunnel Rail Link Act 1996. Its principal provision is to allow the Office of Rail Regulation to charge the operator of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link "a fee in respect of the exercise of any of the Office of Rail Regulation's functions in relation to the rail link".
Passage of the bill
The legislation was introduced to the House of Commons as the Channel Tunnel Rail Link (Supplementary Provisions) Bill by the Secretary of State for Transport, Ruth Kelly, on 8 November 2007. The Bill was read for the third time in the House of Commons on 17 January 2008 and passed to the House of Lords with one amendment agreed.{{cite web|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200708/cmhansrd/cm080117/debtext/80117-0017.htm|title=HC Hansard Volume 470 Part 33 Column 1164|date=17 January 2008|work=Hansard|publisher=Parliament of the United Kingdom|accessdate=2008-08-31}}{{cite web|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200708/cmbills/004/pbc0040117p.117-118.html|title=Channel Tunnel Rail Link (Supplementary Provisions) Bill; House of Commons, Report Stage Proceedings|date=17 January 2008|publisher=Parliament of the United Kingdom|accessdate=2008-08-31}} The Bill was read for the third time in the House of Lords on 13 May 2008 and was passed without further amendment.{{cite web|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200708/ldhansrd/text/80513-0003.htm|title=HL Hansard Volume 701 Part 91 Column 934|date=13 May 2008|work=Hansard|publisher=Parliament of the United Kingdom|accessdate=2008-08-31}}
Section 6 - Interpretation, commencement, short title
Section 6(2) provides that the Act came into force at the end of the period of two months that began on the date on which it was passed. The word "months" means calendar months.The Interpretation Act 1978, section 5 and Schedule 1 The day (that is to say, 22 May 2008) on which the Act was passed (that is to say, received royal assent) is included in the period of two months.Hare v Gocher [1962] 2 QB 641, [1962] 2 All ER 673; Trow v Ind Coope (West Midlands) Ltd [1967] 2 QB 899 at 909, [1967] 2 All ER 900, CA. This means that the Act came into force on 22 July 2008.
References
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External links
- [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/5/contents The Channel Tunnel Rail Link (Supplementary Provisions) Act 2008], as amended from the National Archives.
- [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/5/contents/enacted The Channel Tunnel Rail Link (Supplementary Provisions) Act 2008], as originally enacted from the National Archives.
- [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/5/notes/contents Explanatory notes] to the Channel Tunnel Rail Link (Supplementary Provisions) Act 2008.
- [https://www.theyworkforyou.com/search/?s=Channel+Tunnel+Rail+Link+(Supplementary+Provisions)+Act+2008 theyworkforyou.com] - Hansard records of Parliamentary debate relating to the Act
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