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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/uk-borders-act-2007/section-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/uk-borders-act-2007/section-1.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2007/30",
  "legislation_title": "UK Borders Act 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/uk-borders-act-2007",
  "path": "section/1",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Designated immigration officers",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State may designate immigration officers for the purposes of section 2.\n(2) The Secretary of State may designate only officers who the Secretary of State thinks are—\n(a) fit and proper for the purpose, and\n(b) suitably trained.\n(3) A designation—\n(a) may be permanent or for a specified period, and\n(b) may (in either case) be revoked.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 1 in force at 31.1.2008 by S.I. 2008/99, art. 2(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/30/section/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:12:20.236890+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."
}