Channel Tunnel Rail Link Act 1996

Type Public General Act
Publication 1996-12-18
Last updated 2026-02-18
State In force
Department Statute Law Database
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334

Words in Sch. 15 Pt. IV para. 4(1) substituted (28.12.2017) by Digital Economy Act 2017 (c. 30), s. 118(6), Sch. 3 para. 38(6); S.I. 2017/1286, reg. 2(d)

335

Words in Sch. 15 Pt. IV para. 3 substituted (28.12.2017) by Digital Economy Act 2017 (c. 30), s. 118(6), Sch. 3 para. 38(5); S.I. 2017/1286, reg. 2(d)

336

Words in Sch. 15 Pt. IV para. 2(2) substituted (28.12.2017) by Digital Economy Act 2017 (c. 30), s. 118(6), Sch. 3 para. 38(4); S.I. 2017/1286, reg. 2(d)

337

Words in Sch. 15 Pt. IV para. 2(1) substituted (28.12.2017) by Digital Economy Act 2017 (c. 30), s. 118(6), Sch. 3 para. 38(3); S.I. 2017/1286, reg. 2(d)

338

Words in Sch. 3 para. 2(11) substituted (E.W.) (31.1.2017 for specified purposes, 1.4.2018 in so far as not already in force) by Policing and Crime Act 2017 (c. 3), s. 183(1)(5)(e), Sch. 2 para. 102; S.I. 2018/227, reg. 4(c)

347

Act excluded (15.4.2025) by The A122 (Lower Thames Crossing) Development Consent Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/462), arts. 1, 55(1) (with arts. 5, 43, 53(7), Sch. 14)

Proceedings in respect of statutory nuisance: defence.

Duty to co-operate.

Strategic Rail Authority as agent of Secretary of State.

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Proceedings in respect of statutory nuisance: defence.

Duty to co-operate.

Strategic Rail Authority as agent of Secretary of State.

Blight: compensation for pre-enactment acquisition.

21A
  • (1) Subject to this section, the Office of Rail and Road may by notice require a rail link undertaker to pay a fee in respect of the exercise of any of the Office of Rail and Road's functions in relation to the rail link.
  • (2) The amount of a fee under subsection (1) in any case shall be—
  • (a) such amount as is reasonably incurred by the Office of Rail and Road in the exercise of the function in relation to the rail link, or
  • (b) in a case where there is more than one rail link undertaker, such proportion of the amount referred to in paragraph (a) as the Office of Rail and Road considers it reasonable for the rail link undertaker to pay.
  • (3) Subsection (1) does not apply to the functions assigned to the Office of Rail and Road by virtue of section 67(2) and (3) of the Railways Act 1993.
  • (4) A notice under this section must specify—
  • (a) the amount of the fee to be paid, and
  • (b) the date by which it is to be paid.
  • (5) Any amount payable under a notice under this section which remains unpaid after the date specified in the notice may be recovered by the Office of Rail and Road as a civil debt due to it.
  • (6) The Office of Rail and Road may revise a notice under this section by a further such notice.
  • (7) The Office of Rail and Road may refund any amount which, further to any revised notice under subsection (6), appears to have been overpaid to it.

Fees

Proceedings in respect of statutory nuisance: defence.

Blight: compensation for pre-enactment acquisition.

Time limit for powers of compulsory acquisition.

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