Section 4 Interpretation: “port”I1C1C2C3
England, Wales and Northern Ireland
In section 2 “port” includes an airport and a hoverport.
A place shall be treated for the purposes of that section as a port in relation to an individual if a designated immigration officer believes that the individual—
has gone there for the purpose of embarking on a ship or aircraft, or
has arrived there on disembarking from a ship or aircraft.
Annotations
Modifications
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S. 4 modified by S.I. 1993/1813, art. 7, Sch. 4 para. 6(2) (as amended (16.4.2015) by The Channel Tunnel (International Arrangements) and Channel Tunnel (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/856), arts. 1, 4)
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S. 4 modified by S.I. 1994/1405, art. 7 (as amended (coming into force on a date to be notified in the Gazette in accordance with reg. 1(3) of the amending S.I.) by The Channel Tunnel (International Arrangements and Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/915), regs. 1(3), 11
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S. 4 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), regs. 1(3), 6
Commencement
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S. 4 in force at 31.1.2008 by S.I. 2008/99, art. 2(a)