Article 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

This Order may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Home Office Ships) Order 2020 and comes into force on 7th January 2021.

In this Order—

• “the 1995 Act” means the Merchant Shipping Act 1995;

• “Home Office ship” means a Government ship^f1 which is—

  1. (a)

     in the service of the Home Office, and

  2. (b)

     operated or intended to be operated at the direction of an immigration officer or a designated customs official (within the meaning of section 14(6) of the Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009^f2);

• “immigration officer” means a person appointed for the purposes of the Immigration Act 1971^f3 under paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 2 to that Act^f4;

• “registered details” has the meaning given in article 4;

• “registered Home Office ship” means a Home Office ship registered under the regulations made by articles 4 to 8 of this Order.