{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/important-public-services-border-security-regulations-2017/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/important-public-services-border-security-regulations-2017/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2017/136",
  "legislation_title": "The Important Public Services (Border Security) Regulations 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/important-public-services-border-security-regulations-2017",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Border Security",
  "text": "(1) The following border security functions are important public services for the purposes of section 226 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992—\n(a) the examination by a Border Force officer of persons arriving in or leaving the United Kingdom;\n(b) the examination by a Border Force officer of goods—\n(i) imported to or exported from the United Kingdom, or\n(ii) entered for exportation or brought to any place in the United Kingdom for exportation;\n(c) the patrol by a Border Force officer of the sea and other waters within the seaward limits of the territorial sea adjacent to the United Kingdom;\n(d) the collection and dissemination of intelligence by a Border Force officer for the purposes of the functions set out in sub-paragraph (a), (b) or (c);\n(e) the direction and control by a Border Force officer of the functions set out in sub-paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d).\n(2) In this regulation “Border Force officer” means a person who is appointed as such by the Secretary of State.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/136/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:15:20.611802+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."
}