# The Immigration (Electronic Travel Authorisations and the Islands) Regulations 2026, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations make provision about the effects in the United Kingdom of the grant or refusal under the law of any of the Islands of an authorisation in electronic form to travel to that Island (“an Island ETA”). They additionally make provision about the effects in the United Kingdom of the variation or cancellation under the law of any of the Islands of a UK electronic travel authorisation (“an ETA”) and of the variation or cancellation of an Island ETA by the Secretary of State or an Immigration Officer.
Regulation 3 provides that an Island ETA shall be treated in the United Kingdom as if it were an ETA granted by the Secretary of State pursuant to section 11C of the Immigration Act 1971 and the immigration rules, including any such conditions to which it is subject under Island law.
Regulation 4 provides that, insofar as it has effect in the United Kingdom, the Secretary of State may vary or cancel an Island ETA; from which point it shall cease to have effect or have effect only as varied.
Regulation 5 provides that an Island ETA that is varied or cancelled by the Island that granted it, or that is varied or cancelled in its effect under the law of another Island, shall have effect in the United Kingdom as if that variation or cancellation had been imposed by the Secretary of State or an Immigration Officer.
Regulation 6 provides that an ETA that is varied or cancelled in its effect under the law of another Island, shall have effect in the United Kingdom as if that variation or cancellation had been imposed by the Secretary of State or an Immigration Officer.
A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/87/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-electronic-travel-authorisations-and-the-islands-regulations-2026/note
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