SCHEDULES
C4C3C2C1 SCHEDULE 7 Port and Border Controls
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))
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
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)
Embarkation and disembarkation
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1
The Secretary of State may by notice in writing to the owners or agents of ships or aircraft—
a
designate control areas in any port in the United Kingdom;
b
specify conditions for or restrictions on the embarkation or disembarkation of passengers in a control area.
2
Where owners or agents of a ship or aircraft receive notice under sub-paragraph (1) in relation to a port they shall take all reasonable steps to ensure, in respect of the ship or aircraft—
a
that passengers do not embark or disembark at the port outside a control area, and
b
that any specified conditions are met and any specified restrictions are complied with.
14
1
The Secretary of State may by notice in writing to persons concerned with the management of a port in the United Kingdom (“the port managers”)—
a
designate control areas in the port;
b
require the port managers to provide at their own expense specified facilities in a control area for the purposes of the embarkation or disembarkation of passengers or their examination under this Schedule;
c
require conditions to be met and restrictions to be complied with in relation to the embarkation or disembarkation of passengers in a control area;
d
require the port managers to display, in specified locations in control areas, notices containing specified information about the provisions of this Schedule in such form as may be specified.
2
Where port managers receive notice under sub-paragraph (1) they shall take all reasonable steps to comply with any requirement set out in the notice.
15
1
This paragraph applies to a ship employed to carry passengers for reward, or an aircraft, which—
a
arrives in Great Britain from the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland or any of the Islands,
b
arrives in Northern Ireland from Great Britain, the Republic of Ireland or any of the Islands,
c
leaves Great Britain for the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland or any of the Islands, or
d
leaves Northern Ireland for Great Britain, the Republic of Ireland or any of the Islands.
2
The captain shall ensure—
a
that passengers and members of the crew do not disembark at a port in Great Britain or Northern Ireland unless either they have been examined by an examining officer or they disembark in accordance with arrangements approved by an examining officer;
b
that passengers and members of the crew do not embark at a port in Great Britain or Northern Ireland except in accordance with arrangements approved by an examining officer;
c
where a person is to be examined under this Schedule on board the ship or aircraft, that he is presented for examination in an orderly manner.
3
Where paragraph 27 of Schedule 2 to the M1Immigration Act 1971 (disembarkation requirements on arrival in the United Kingdom) applies, the requirements of sub-paragraph (2)(a) above are in addition to the requirements of paragraph 27 of that Schedule.
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))