# Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act 2025, Section 1: The Border Security Commander

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

(1) The Secretary of State must designate a civil servant as the Border Security Commander (“the Commander”).
(2) The Commander is to carry out the functions of that office on behalf of the Crown.
(3) Service as the Commander is service in the civil service of the State.
(4) The Secretary of State must make arrangements for the provision to the Commander by civil servants or other persons (or both) of such assistance as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2025/31/section/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/border-security-asylum-and-immigration-act-2025/section-1
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