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Channel Tunnel Rail Link (Supplementary Provisions) Bill

The clause amends the definition of ““development agreement”” which, as my noble friend has observed is in Section 56 of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link Act 1996. LCR designed and constructed HS1 in accordance with the terms of the development agreement that it signed with the Secretary of State in February 1996. That agreement contains the terms of the concession to operate the railway, which will continue post-construction. To reflect more clearly that the provisions of the 1996 Act referring to the development agreement continue to apply during the operational phase of the railway, this clause amends the definition of ““development agreement”” to include ““operation””. It does no more than that. There is not much else to say about that clause.