PART IIIU.K.FORM AND MANNER OF GIVING AND REFUSING LEAVE TO ENTER

[F1Automatic grant of leaveU.K.

8A.—(1) An immigration officer may authorise a person to be a person who may obtain leave to enter the United Kingdom by passing through an automated gate.

(2) Such an authorisation may—

(a)only authorise a person to obtain leave to enter the United Kingdom as one of the categories of person under the immigration rules mentioned in paragraph (5);

(b)set out the conditions of use for an automated gate;

(c)list the automated gates for which the authorisation is valid;

(d)remain in force for up to 24 months; and

(e)be varied or withdrawn at any time, with or without notice being given to the person.

(3) [F2This paragraph applies to a person who] passes through an automated gate—

(a)having been authorised under paragraph (1) as a person who may obtain leave to enter the United Kingdom by passing through an automated gate;

(b)in accordance with the conditions of use for an automated gate;

(c)which is an automated gate for which the authorisation is valid; and

(d)while the authorisation remains in force.

F3...

[F4(3A) A person to whom paragraph (3) applies shall be given leave to enter the United Kingdom for—

(a)six months in the case of a person falling within a category mentioned in paragraph (5)(a) or (c), or

(b)48 hours in the case of a person falling within the category mentioned in paragraph (5)(b).]

(4) Such leave shall be subject to conditions prohibiting employment and recourse to public funds (within the meaning of the immigration rules [F5as they apply to the category of person under the immigration rules for which the person has been authorised under paragraph (1)]).

[F6(5) The categories of person under the immigration rules mentioned in this paragraph are—

(a)a visitor (standard);

(b)a transit visitor;

(c)a parent of a Tier 4 (child) student.]]

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