{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/uk-borders-act-2007/section-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/uk-borders-act-2007/section-4.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2007/30",
  "legislation_title": "UK Borders Act 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/uk-borders-act-2007",
  "path": "section/4",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Interpretation: “port”",
  "text": "(1) In section 2 “port” includes an airport and a hoverport.\n(2) 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—\n(a) has gone there for the purpose of embarking on a ship or aircraft, or\n(b) has arrived there on disembarking from a ship or aircraft.",
  "extent": "E+W+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "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"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "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"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 4 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/4",
    "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."
}