Paragraph 1

United Kingdom

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

Sch. 7 para. 18(2)(a) words substituted by Criminal Justice Act 2003 Sch. 26 para. 55(5)
Sch. 7 para. 11B 11C and cross-heading inserted by Crime and Policing Act 2026 s. 178(1)
Sch. 7 para. 11(2)(a) words substituted by Crime and Policing Act 2026 s. 238(2)(a)
Sch. 7 para. 11(3)-(5) inserted by Crime and Policing Act 2026 s. 238(2)(b)
Sch. 7 para. 11A(4) inserted by Crime and Policing Act 2026 s. 238(3)

(1)

In this Schedule “examining officer” means any of the following—

(a)

a constable,

(b)

an immigration officer F1who is designated for the purpose of this Schedule by the Secretary of State , and

(c)

a customs officer who is designated for the purpose of this Schedule by the Secretary of State and the Commissioners of Customs and Excise.

(2)

In this Schedule—

(3)

A place shall be treated as a port for the purposes of this Schedule in relation to a person if an examining officer believes that the person—

(a)

has gone there for the purpose of embarking on a ship or aircraft, or

(b)

has arrived there on disembarking from a ship or aircraft.

Annotations

F1: Words in Sch. 7 para. 1(1)(b) inserted (31.7.2014) by Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (c. 12), s. 185(1), Sch. 9 para. 1(2) (with ss. 21, 33, 42, 58, 75, 93); S.I. 2014/1916, art. 3(b)
F2: Words in Sch. 7 para. 1(2) inserted (28.6.2022) by Nationality and Borders Act 2022 (c. 36), ss. 78(2), 87(5)(i)

C1: Schs. 7, 8, 14 extended (with modifications) (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(2) of the extending S.I.) by The Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (Juxtaposed Controls) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/2818), art. 11(1)(b), Sch. 2 (as amended (31.3.2021) by The Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (Juxtaposed Controls) (Amendment) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/311), arts. 1(2), 2(7)(b)(i))
C2: Sch. 7 modified by S.I. 1993/1813, Sch. 4 para. 3 (as substituted (13.8.2020) by Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Act 2019 (c. 3), s. 27(2)(d), Sch. 4 para. 21(1) (with Sch. 4 para. 21(2)); S.I. 2020/792, reg. 2(i); (as amended (30.9.2020) by The Channel Tunnel (International Arrangements and Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/915), arts. 1(2), 5(6)(a))
C3: Sch. 7 modified (30.9.2020 immediately after the entry into force of S.I. 2020/915, art. 5) by The Channel Tunnel (Arrangements with the Kingdom of the Netherlands) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/916), arts. 1(3), 6
C4: Sch. 7 modified by S.I. 1994/1405, art. 7 (as amended (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(3) of the amending S.I.) by The Channel Tunnel (International Arrangements and Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/915), arts. 1(3), 11)