- administrative review
means a review conducted under the immigration rules;
- aircraft
includes hovercraft, “airport” includes hoverport and “port” includes airport;
- airport
includes hoverport and “port” includes airport;
- all premises warrant
means a warrant issued in response to an application of the kind mentioned in section 24E(6)(b), 28D(1A)(b) or 28FB(1A)(b) or paragraph 25A(6AA)(b) of Schedule 2.
- an ETA
has the meaning given by section 11C;
- asylum-seeker
means a person who intends to claim that to remove him from or require him to leave the United Kingdom would be contrary to the United Kingdom’s obligations under—
- authorised officer
means— (a) an immigration officer, (b) a constable, or (c) a person of a kind authorised for the purposes of this paragraph and paragraphs 25CB and 25CC by the Secretary of State;
- business premises
means premises (or any part of premises) not used as a dwelling.
- captain
means master (of a ship) or commander (of an aircraft);
- certificate of entitlement
means a certificate under section 10 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 that a person has the right of abode in the United Kingdom;
- claim for asylum
has the meaning given by section 18 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002.
- common travel area
has the meaning given by section 1(3), and a journey is, in relation to the common travel area, a local journey if but only if it begins and ends in the common travel area and is not made by a ship or aircraft which—
- Commonwealth force
means a force of any country to which provisions of the Visiting Forces Act 1952 apply without an Order in Council under section 1 of the Act;
- container
has the same meaning as in the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 (see section 1(1) of that Act).
- contract
means a contract whether express or implied and, if express, whether oral or in writing.
- contract to sell goods
means a contract by which a person acting in the course of a trade, business, craft or profession transfers or agrees to transfer the property in goods to another person (and for this purpose “goods” means any tangible moveable items);
- Convention adoption
has the same meaning as in the Adoption Act 1976 and the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007or in the Adoption and Children Act 2002;
- Court
means—
- designated person
means a person designated by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this Schedule.
- detainee custody officer
means a person in respect of whom a certificate of authorisation is in force under section 154 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (c. 33) (detained persons: escort and custody), and • “search” means a search under paragraph 2(1)(a) of Schedule 13 to that Act (escort arrangements: power to search detained person).
- disembark
means disembark from a ship or aircraft, and “embark” means embark in a ship or aircraft;
- electronic monitoring condition
means a condition requiring the person on whom it is imposed (“P”) to co-operate with such arrangements as the Secretary of State may specify for detecting and recording by electronic means one or more of the following—
- embark
means embark in a ship or aircraft;
- employee records
means records which show an employee’s—
- enforcement officer
means— (a) a person who is a commissioned officer of any of Her Majesty's ships, or (b) a person in command or charge of any aircraft or hovercraft of the Royal Navy, the Army or the Royal Air Force;
- England and Wales waters
means the sea and other waters within the seaward limits of the territorial sea adjacent to England and Wales;
- English and Welsh constable
means only a person who is— (a) a member of a police force in England and Wales, (b) a member of the British Transport Police Force, or (c) a port constable, within the meaning of section 7 of the Marine Navigation Act 2013, or a person appointed to act as a constable under provision made by virtue of section 16 of the Harbours Act 1964;
- entrant
means a person entering or seeking to enter the United Kingdom and “illegal entrant” means a person— (a) unlawfully entering or seeking to enter in breach of a deportation order or of the immigration laws, or (b) entering or seeking to enter by means which include deception by another person, and includes also a person who has entered as mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) above;
- entry clearance
means a visa, entry certificate or other document which, in accordance with the immigration rules, is to be taken as evidence or the requisite evidence of a person’s eligibility, though not a British citizen, for entry into the United Kingdom (but does not include a work permit);
- Excluded person
means—
- facilitation offence
means— (a) an offence under section 25 (assisting unlawful immigration), (b) an offence under section 25A (helping asylum-seeker to enter the United Kingdom), or (c) an offence under section 25B (assisting entry to the United Kingdom in breach of deportation or exclusion order) to the extent that the section continues to apply by virtue of regulation 5(7) of the Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Act 2020 (Consequential, Saving, Transitional and Transitory Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1309);
- false registration card
means a document which is designed to appear to be a registration card.
- foreign ship
means a ship which— (a) is registered in a State other than the United Kingdom, or (b) is not so registered but is entitled to fly the flag of a State other than the United Kingdom;
- foreign waters
means the sea and other waters within the seaward limits of the territorial sea adjacent to any relevant territory or any State other than the United Kingdom;
- function
means a function under this Schedule;
- goods
means any tangible moveable items);
- illegal entrant
means a person— (a) unlawfully entering or seeking to enter in breach of a deportation order or of the immigration laws, or (b) entering or seeking to enter by means which include deception by another person, and includes also a person who has entered as mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) above;
- immigration employment offence
means an offence under section 21 of the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 (employment).
- immigration function
means a function of an immigration officer or the Secretary of State under the Immigration Acts.
- immigration law
means a law which has effect in a member State or the United Kingdom and which controls, in respect of some or all persons who are not nationals of the State or, as the case may be, of the United Kingdom, entitlement to—
- immigration laws
means this Act and any law for purposes similar to this Act which is for the time being or has (before or after the passing of this Act) been in force in any part of the United Kingdom and Islands;
- immigration rules
means the rules for the time being laid down as mentioned in section 3(2) above;
- immigration skills arrangements
has the meaning given by section 70A(2) of the Immigration Act 2014.
- immigration stamp
means a device which is designed for the purpose of stamping documents in the exercise of an immigration function,
- international waters
means waters beyond the territorial sea of the United Kingdom or of any other State or relevant territory;
- Intimate search
has the same meaning as in section 28H(11).
- Islands deportation order
means an order made under the immigration laws of any of the Islands under which a person is, or has been, ordered to leave the island and forbidden to return.
- items subject to legal privilege
has the same meaning as in Chapter 3 of Part 8 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (see section 412 of that Act);
- legally adopted
means adopted in pursuance of an order made by any court in the United Kingdom and Islands, under a Convention adoption or by any adoption specified as an overseas adoption by order of the Secretary of State under section 4 of the Adoption Act 1968section 87 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002;
- national of the United Kingdom
means—
- non-UK waters
means the sea beyond the seaward limits of the territorial sea;
- Northern Ireland constable
means only a person who is— (a) a member of the Police Service of Northern Ireland, (b) a member of the Police Service of Northern Ireland Reserve, or (c) a person appointed as a special constable in Northern Ireland by virtue of provision incorporating section 79 of the Harbours, Docks, and Piers Clauses Act 1847;
- Northern Ireland waters
means the sea and other waters within the seaward limits of the territorial sea adjacent to Northern Ireland;
- offshore worker
has the same meaning as in section 11A;
- Part 1 powers
means the powers set out in Part 1 of Schedule 4A;
- Part 2 powers
means the powers set out in Part 2 of that Schedule;
- Part 3 powers
means the powers set out in Part 3 of that Schedule;
- Part A1 powers
means the powers set out in Part A1 of Schedule 4A;
- Passenger information
means such information relating to the passengers carried, or expected to be carried, by the ship or aircraft as may be specified.
- personal injury
means physical or psychological injury;
- port
includes airport;
- prescribed
means prescribed in an order made under subsection (3).
- registration card
means a document which—
- Relevant documents
means any documents which might—
- Relevant enactment
means—
- Relevant evidence
means evidence, other than items subject to legal privilege, that relates to the offence in question.
- relevant member of the House of Commons staff
has the meaning given by section 195(5) of the Employment Rights Act 1996;
- relevant member of the House of Lords staff
has the meaning given by section 194(6) of the Employment Rights Act 1996.
- relevant offence
means— (a) an offence under section 24(A1), (B1), (D1), (E1) or (E1A), 24B, 25 or 25A, (b) an offence under section 25B to the extent that the section continues to apply by virtue of regulation 5(7) of the Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Act 2020 (Consequential, Saving, Transitional and Transitory Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1309), (c) an offence under section 21 of the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006, or (d) an offence under section 1 of the Criminal Attempts Act 1981 or Article 3 of the Criminal Attempts and Conspiracy (Northern Ireland) Order 1983 (S.I. 1983/1120 (N.I. 13)), or in Scotland at common law, of attempting to commit an offence mentioned in paragraph (a) to (c);”, and • “relevant territory” means— (a) the Isle of Man;
- Relevant person
means—
- relevant territory
means— (a) the Isle of Man;
- replica immigration stamp
means a device which is designed for the purpose of stamping a document so that it appears to have been stamped in the exercise of an immigration function, and
- Scotland waters
means the sea and other waters within the seaward limits of the territorial sea adjacent to Scotland;
- Scottish constable
means only a person who is a constable, within the meaning of section 99 of the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (asp 8);
- search
means a search under paragraph 2(1)(a) of Schedule 13 to that Act (escort arrangements: power to search detained person).
- Seized material
means anything— under this Part.
- Senior officer
means an immigration officer not below the rank of chief immigration officer.
- sentence
includes any order made on conviction of an offence;
- Service information
means such information relating to the voyage or flight undertaken by the ship or aircraft as may be specified.
- ship
includes— (a) every description of vessel (including a hovercraft), and (b) any other structure (whether with or without means of propulsion) constructed or used to carry persons, goods, plant or machinery by water;
- ship without nationality
means a ship which— (a) is not registered in, or otherwise entitled to fly the flag of, any State or relevant territory, or (b) sails under the flags of two or more States or relevant territories, or under the flags of a State and relevant territory, using them according to convenience;
- short-term holding facility
has the same meaning as in Part 8 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999;
- specific premises warrant
means a warrant which is not an all premises warrant;
- specified
means specified in the arrangements.
- the 2006 Act
means the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006;
- the Convention
means the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea 1982 (Cmnd 8941) and any modifications of that Convention agreed after the passing of this Act that have entered into force in relation to the United Kingdom;
- the home forces
means any of Her Majesty’s forces other than a Commonwealth force or a force raised under the law of any associated state, colony, protectorate or protected state;
- the Islands
means the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, and “the United Kingdom and Islands” means the United Kingdom and the Islands taken together;
- the relevant period
means the period—
- the relevant time
means the later of— (a) the time at which the immigration officer is first satisfied that the woman is pregnant, and (b) the time at which the detention under sub-paragraph (2C) begins;
- the ship
means the ship in relation to which the powers set out in this Part of this Schedule are exercised.
- the territorial sea
means the territorial sea adjacent to the United Kingdom;
- the United Kingdom and Islands
means the United Kingdom and the Islands taken together;
- unaccompanied child
has the same meaning as in the Illegal Migration Act 2023 (see section 4 of that Act).
- United Kingdom passport
means a current passport issued by the Government of the United Kingdom, or by the Lieutenant-Governor of any of the Islands, or by the Government of any territory which is for the time being a dependent territory within the meaning of the British Nationality Act 1981;
- United Kingdom ship
means a ship which— (a) is registered under Part 2 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995, (b) is a Government ship within the meaning of that Act, (c) is not registered in any State or relevant territory but is wholly owned by persons each of whom has a United Kingdom connection, or (d) is registered under an Order in Council under section 1 of the Hovercraft Act 1968. • “United Kingdom waters” means the sea and other waters within the seaward limits of the United Kingdom’s territorial sea;
- United Kingdom waters
means the sea and other waters within the seaward limits of the United Kingdom’s territorial sea;
- visiting force
means a body, contingent or detachment of the forces of a country to which any of those provisions apply, being a body, contingent or detachment for the time being present in the United Kingdom on the invitation of Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom.
- Warrant
means a warrant to enter and search premises issued to an immigration officer under this Part or under paragraph 17(2) or 25A(6A) of Schedule 2.
- wife
includes each of two or more wives.
- woman
means a female of any age.
- work permit
means a permit indicating, in accordance with the immigration rules, that a person named in it is eligible, though not a British citizen, for entry into the United Kingdom for the purpose of taking employment.