Article 2 Interpretation

In this Chapter—

• “the 1971 Act” means the Immigration Act 1971;

• “control zone” means that part of the territory of another state in which immigration officers are empowered to exercise immigration controls by virtue of one or more of the International Treaties;

• “EEA national” means a national of an EEA state;

• “immigration officer” has the same meaning as in the Immigration Acts^f1;

• “International Treaties” means the following—

  1. (a)

     the Treaty between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the French Republic concerning the Construction and Operation by Private Concessionaires of a Channel Fixed Link, which was signed at Canterbury on 12th February 1986 and entered into force on 29th July 1987, together with its supplementary protocols and arrangements^f2;

  2. (b)

     the Protocol between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the French Republic Concerning Frontier Controls and Policing, Co-operation in Criminal Justice, Public Safety and Mutual Assistance Relating to the Channel Fixed Link which was signed on 25th November 1991 and entered into force on 2nd August 1993^f3;

  3. (c)

     the Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Government of the Kingdom of Belgium and the Government of the French Republic concerning Rail Traffic between Belgium and the United Kingdom using the Channel Fixed Link, which was signed at Brussels on 15th December 1993 and entered into force on 1st December 1997, together with its Protocol^f4;

  4. (d)

     the Additional Protocol to the Sangatte protocol between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the French Republic on the establishment of bureaux responsible for controls on persons travelling by train between the United Kingdom and France, which was signed at Brussels on 29th May 2000 and entered into force on 25th May 2001^f5;

  5. (e)

     the Treaty between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the French Republic concerning the Implementation of Frontier Controls at the Sea Ports of Both Countries on the Channel and North Sea, which was signed at Le Touquet on 2nd February 2003 and entered into force on 1st February 2004^f6;

  6. (f)

     the Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Kingdom of Belgium, concerning Immigration Controls on Rail Traffic between Belgium and the United Kingdom using the Channel Fixed Link which was signed at London on 3rd December 2018 and at Brussels on 18th December 2013 and entered into force on 1st October 2016^f7.