SCHEDULES

C4C3C2C1 SCHEDULE 7 Port and Border Controls

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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

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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)

Designated ports

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1

This paragraph applies to a journey—

a

to Great Britain from the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland or any of the Islands,

b

from Great Britain to any of those places,

c

to Northern Ireland from Great Britain, the Republic of Ireland or any of the Islands, or

d

from Northern Ireland to any of those places.

2

Where a ship or aircraft is employed to carry passengers for reward on a journey to which this paragraph applies the owners or agents of the ship or aircraft shall not arrange for it to call at a port in Great Britain or Northern Ireland for the purpose of disembarking or embarking passengers unless—

a

the port is a designated port, or

b

an examining officer approves the arrangement.

3

Where an aircraft is employed on a journey to which this paragraph applies otherwise than to carry passengers for reward, the captain of the aircraft shall not permit it to call at or leave a port in Great Britain or Northern Ireland unless—

a

the port is a designated port, or

b

he gives at least 12 hours’ notice in writing to a constable for the police area in which the port is situated (or, where the port is in Northern Ireland, to a member of the Royal Ulster Constabulary).

4

A designated port is a port which appears in the Table at the end of this Schedule.

5

The Secretary of State may by order—

a

add an entry to the Table;

b

remove an entry from the Table.