{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/channel-tunnel-international-arrangements-order-1993/schedule-2A/crossheading-article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/channel-tunnel-international-arrangements-order-1993/schedule-2A/crossheading-article-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1993/1813",
  "legislation_title": "The Channel Tunnel (International Arrangements) Order 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/channel-tunnel-international-arrangements-order-1993",
  "path": "schedule/2A/crossheading/article-3",
  "kind": "crossheading",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Article 3",
  "text": "The purpose of the controls carried out by the authorities of the State of departure shall be to check whether the person can leave its territory.\nThe purpose of the controls carried out by the authorities of the State of arrival shall be to check whether the person is in possession of the necessary travel documents and fulfils the other conditions for entry to its territory. If this is not the case, the person shall be immediately handed over to the authorities of the State of departure who shall apply their domestic law procedures.\nThe authorities of the State of departure and of the State of arrival shall carry out their controls in accordance with this Additional Protocol, with their laws and regulations and with their international obligations.\nThe controls mentioned in the preceding paragraphs are without prejudice to customs and security controls.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 2A inserted (25.5.2001) by The Channel Tunnel (International Arrangements) (Amendment No. 3) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/1544), arts. 1(2), 4(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/1813/schedule/2A/crossheading/article-3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:53:17.350099+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}