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The Channel Tunnel (International Arrangements) (Amendment) Order 2006

S.I. 2006/2626 · Made 29 September 2006

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channel tunnel

Made 29th September 2006

Laid before Parliament 5th October 2006

Coming into force 26th October 2006

In exercise of the powers conferred on the appropriate Minister by section 11 of the Channel Tunnel Act 1987f1, the Secretary of State makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1987 c.53, acting as the appropriate minister as defined in section 13 of that Act.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of the Channel Tunnel (International Arrangements) Order 1993
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Channel Tunnel (International Arrangements) (Amendment) Order 2006 and shall come into force on 26th October 2006.

2Amendment of the Channel Tunnel (International Arrangements) Order 1993

After paragraph 2 of Schedule 4 to the Channel Tunnel (International Arrangements) Order 1993f1 insert—

“Immigration and Asylum Act 1999

2A.

In the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999f2 in section 141 (fingerprinting)—

(a)

in subsection (7)(a) for “on his arrival in the United Kingdom” substitute “in a control zone or a supplementary control zone”;

(b)

in subsection (9)(b) for his “removal or deportation from the United Kingdom” substitute “his leaving a control zone or a supplementary control zone”.”.

Signature

Vernon Coaker

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Home Office

29th September 2006

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Channel Tunnel (International Arrangements) Order 1993. It amends Schedule 4 to that Order to modify the power to take fingerprints under section 141 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 so as to apply it in the juxtaposed controls.