25. The Channel Tunnel Rail Link Act 1996 shall be amended as follows.
26. In section 11—
(a)in subsection (1) for “appropriate Ministers” there shall be substituted “Secretary of State”,
(b)in subsection (3)(a) for “appropriate Ministers think” there shall be substituted “Secretary of State thinks”, and
(c)in subsecton (6) the definition of “the appropriate Ministers” is hereby repealed.
27. In section 29(4) the words from “for the Environment” to “jointly” are hereby repealed.
28. In section 43(2) the words from “for the Environment” to “jointly” are hereby repealed.
29. In section 50(5)(b) for “the Secretary of State for Transport” there shall be substituted “the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions”.
30. In Schedule 3, in paragraph 2—
(a)in sub-paragraph (2) for “appropriate Ministers” there shall be substituted “Secretary of State”,
(b)in sub-paragraph (3)—
(i)for “appropriate Ministers” there shall be substituted “Secretary of State”, and
(ii)for “they are” there shall be substituted “he is”,
(c)in sub-paragraph (4)—
(i)for “appropriate Ministers grant” there shall be substituted “Secretary of State grants”, and
(ii)for “they” there shall be substituted “he”,
(d)in sub-paragraph (8)—
(i)for “appropriate Ministers” there shall be substituted “Secretary of State”, and
(ii)for “them” there shall be substituted “him”.
(e)in sub-paragraph (9)—
(i)for “they direct” there shall be substituted “he directs”,
(ii)for “the appropriate Ministers' functions” there shall be substituted “the Secretary of State’s functions”, and
(iii)for “them” in both places it occurs, there shall be substituted “him”, and
(f)sub-paragraph (12) is hereby repealed.
31. In Schedule 5, in paragraph 2—
(a)in sub-paragraph (2) for “appropriate Ministers” there shall be substituted “Secretary of State”,
(b)in sub-paragraph (5)—
(i)for “appropriate Ministers ask” there shall be substituted “Secretary of State asks”,
(ii)for “them of their” there shall be substituted “him of his”, and
(iii)for “they” there shall be substituted “he”, and
(c)in sub-paragraph (8), the definition of “appropriate Ministers” is hereby repealed.
32. In Schedule 6—
(a)in paragraph 11—
(i)in sub-paragraph (3) for “appropriate Ministers” there shall be substituted “Secretary of State”,
(ii)in sub-paragraph (4) for “appropriate Ministers ask” there shall be substituted “Secretary of State asks”,
(iii)in that sub-paragraph for “them of their” there shall be substituted “him of his”, and
(iv)in that sub-paragraph for “they” there shall be substituted “he”,
(b)in paragraph 19—
(i)in sub-paragraph (3) for “appropriate Ministers” there shall be substituted “Secretary of State”,
(ii)in sub-paragraph (4) for “appropriate Ministers ask” there shall be substituted “Secretary of State asks”,
(iii)in that sub-paragraph for “them of their” there shall be substituted “him of his”, and
(iv)in that sub-paragraph for “they” there shall be substituted “he”,
(c)in paragraph 30—
(i)for “appropriate Ministers”, in each place it occurs, there shall be substituted “Secretary of State”, and
(ii)for “them”, in each place it occurs, there shall be substituted “him”,
(d)in paragraph 31(1) for “appropriate Ministers” there shall be substituted “Secretary of State”.
(e)in paragraph 32—
(i)for “appropriate Ministers”, in each place it occurs, there shall be substituted “Secretary of State”, and
(ii)in sub-paragraph (1) for “them” there shall be substituted “him”,
(f)paragraph 34 shall be amended as follows—
(i)for “appropriate Ministers” in each place it occurs there shall be substituted “Secretary of State”,
(ii)in sub-paragraph (1) for “direct” there shall be substituted “directs”,
(iii)in that sub-paragraph for “their” there shall be substituted “his”,
(iv)in that sub-paragraph for “them”, in both places it occurs, there shall be substituted “him”,
(v)in sub-paragraph (6) for “determine” there shall be substituted “determines”,
(vi)in that sub-paragraph for “they” there shall be substituted “he”, and
(vii)in that sub-paragraph for “them” there shall be substituted “him”,
(g)in paragraph 35 for “appropriate Ministers” there shall be substituted “Secretary of State”,
(h)in paragraph 36—
(i)for “appropriate Ministers”, in both places it occurs, there shall be substituted “Secretary of State”, and
(ii)in sub-paragraph (2) for “they think” there shall be substituted “he thinks”, and
(j)in paragraph 38(2), paragraph (a) is hereby repealed.
33. In Schedule 7, in paragraph 5—
(a)in sub-paragraph (4) for “the appropriate Ministers acting jointly” there shall be substituted “the appropriate Minister”, and
(b)in sub-paragraph (5)—
(i)for “Ministers” there shall be substituted “Minister”,
(ii)in paragraph (a) for “the Secretary of State for Transport” there shall be substituted “the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions acting jointly”, and
(iii)in paragraph (b) for “the Secretary of State for the Environment and the Secretary of State for Transport” there shall be substituted “the Secretary of State”.
34. In Schedule 14, in paragraph 13 for “the Secretary of State for Transport” there shall be substituted “the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions”.
35. In Schedule 15, in Part II, in paragraph 2—
(a)in sub-paragraph (2) for “the appropriate Ministers” there shall be substituted “the appropriate Minister”,
(b)in sub-paragraph (3) for “the appropriate Ministers certify” there shall be substituted “the appropriate Minister certifies”, and
(c)for sub-paragraph (4) there shall be substituted—
“(4) In this paragraph, “appropriate Minister” means—
(a)in cases relating to apparatus belonging to, or maintained by, electricity or gas undertakers, the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions and the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry acting jointly, and
(b)in any other case, the Secretary of State.”
36. In Schedule 15, in Part III, in paragraph 12—
(a)in sub-paragraph (1) for “the appropriate Ministers acting jointly” there shall be substituted “the appropriate Minister”, and
(b)for sub-paragraph (2) there shall be substituted—
“(2) In sub-paragraph (1) above, the reference to the appropriate Minister—
(a)in the case of a dispute concerning fisheries, flood defence or land drainage is to the Secretary of State and the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food acting jointly, and
(b)in the case of any other dispute, is to the Secretary of State.”
37. In Schedule 15, in Part VI, in paragraph 11—
(a)in sub-paragraph (1) for “the appropriate Ministers acting jointly” there shall be substituted “the appropriate Minister”, and
(b)for sub-paragraph (2) there shall be substituted—
“(2) In sub-paragraph (1) above, the reference to the appropriate Minister—
(a)in the case of a dispute concerning land drainage or flood defence, is to the Secretary of State and the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food acting jointly, and
(b)in the case of any other dispute, is to the Secretary of State.”