# The Channel Tunnel (Customs and Excise) Order 1990, Article 2: Interpretation

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) In this Order–
“the Act of 1979” means the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979;
“the Act of 1987” means the Channel Tunnel Act 1987;
“customs approved area” has the meaning given by article 3(1) below;
“the tunnel” except in the expression “tunnel system” means that part of the tunnel system comprising the tunnels specified in section 1(7)(a) of the Act 1987 or any of those tunnels.
(2) In this Order the following expressions have the meanings assigned to them by section 1 of the Act of 1979: “approved wharf”;
“the boundary”;
“commander”;
“the Commissioners”;
“the customs and excise Acts”;
“customs and excise airport”;
“goods”;
“officer”;
“owner”;
“port”;
“proper”;
“ship”;
“shipped” and cognate expressions.
(3) In this Order the following expressions have the same meaning as in the Channel Tunnel (International Arrangements) Order 1993
“Concessionaires”;
“the international articles”
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“international service”;
“shuttle train”;
“terminal control point”;
“through train”;
“train manager”.
(4) In this Order—
“control zone” includes, subject to paragraph (5), a control zone within the meaning of the Channel Tunnel (International Arrangements) Order 1993 (“the 1993 Order”) and a control zone within the meaning of the Channel Tunnel (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 1994 (“the 1994 Order”); and
“Designated State” means the French Republic, the Kingdom of Belgium or the Kingdom of the Netherlands;
“the Part II provisions” has the same meaning as in the 1994 Order.
(5) In the first place in which it occurs in article 3(1), in article 5(2)(a), and in the Schedule to this Order—
(a) in paragraph 7(b)(iii),
(b) in the second place in which it occurs in paragraph 17C, and
(c) in paragraph 22,
“control zone” has the same meaning as in the 1993 Order.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/2167/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/channel-tunnel-customs-and-excise-order-1990/article-2
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