2018 No. 874
Exiting The European Union
Transport
The Cross-border Railway Services (Working Time) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Order 2018
Made 18th July 2018
Laid before Parliament 23rd July 2018
Coming into force in accordance with article 1

The Secretary of State makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 11(1)(a), (c), (d), (f) and (g), 11(2) and 11(3)(a) and (f) of the Channel Tunnel Act 1987.
1987 c.53, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order. “Appropriate Minister” is defined in section 13(1) of that Act.

1 Citation, commencement, extent and interpretation
1 This Order may be cited as the Cross-border Railway Services (Working Time) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Order 2018 and comes into force on exit day.
2 This Order extends to Great Britain only.
3 In this article “exit day” has the meaning given to it in section 20(1) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018.
2018 c.16.

Amendment of the Cross-border Railway Services (Working Time) Regulations 2008
2 The Cross-border Railway Services (Working Time) Regulations 2008 are amended as follows.
S.I. 2008/1660, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.
3 In regulation 2 (interpretation), for the definition of “interoperable cross-border services”, substitute—

““interoperable cross-border services” are services for the carriage of passengers or goods by way of the tunnel system, as defined by section 1(7) of the Channel Tunnel Act 1987 (excluding shuttle services, as defined by section 1(9) of that Act);”

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Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
Jo Johnson Minister of State Department for Transport 18th July 2018

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order is made in order to avoid a deficiency arising from the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union.
Article 3 amends the definition of interoperable cross-border services in the Cross-border Railway Services (Working Time) Regulations 2008 (S. I. 2008/1660) to remove a reference to Directive 2004/49/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 29th April 2004 (OJNo. L164, 30.4.04, p.44).
An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private or voluntary sector is foreseen. An Explanatory Memorandum is published alongside this instrument onwww.legislation.gov.uk