
1 
This Order may be cited as the Channel Tunnel Rail Link (Qualifying Authorities) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 27th January 1997.
2 
The relevant local authorities specified in the Schedule below had, on or before the day on which the Bill for the Channel Tunnel Rail Link Act 1996 was reported from Select Committee in the House of Lords, given the Secretary of State undertakings with respect to the handling of planning matters arising under Schedule 6 to that Act which he considered satisfactory, and have not subsequently been released from their undertakings.
George Young
Secretary of State,
Department of Transport
3rd January 1997
SCHEDULE
Article 2


 The councils of the London boroughs of: Barking and Dagenham, Camden, Hackney, Hammersmith and Fulham, Havering, Islington, Newham, and Waltham Forest
 Ashford Borough Council
 Dartford Borough Council
 Dover District Council
 Essex County Council
 Gravesham Borough Council
 Kent County Council
 Maidstone Borough Council
 Rochester-upon-Medway City Council
 Sevenoaks District Council
 Shepway District Council
 Thanet District Council
 Thurrock Borough Council
 Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council
