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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(e)be varied or withdrawn at any time, with or without notice being given to the person.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.]]
Textual Amendments
F1Art. 8A inserted (25.3.2010) by The Immigration (Leave to Enter and Remain) (Amendment) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/957), arts. 1, 4
F2Words in art. 8A(3) substituted (23.11.2016) by The Immigration (Leave to Enter and Remain) (Amendment) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/1132), arts. 1(2), 2(4)(a)(i) (with art. 3)
F3Words in art. 8A(3)(d) omitted (23.11.2016) by virtue of The Immigration (Leave to Enter and Remain) (Amendment) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/1132), arts. 1(2), 2(4)(a)(ii) (with art. 3)
F4Art. 8A(3A) inserted (23.11.2016) by The Immigration (Leave to Enter and Remain) (Amendment) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/1132), arts. 1(2), 2(4)(b) (with art. 3)
F5Words in art. 8A(4) inserted (23.11.2016) by The Immigration (Leave to Enter and Remain) (Amendment) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/1132), arts. 1(2), 2(4)(c) (with art. 3)
F6Art. 8A(5) substituted (23.11.2016) by The Immigration (Leave to Enter and Remain) (Amendment) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/1132), arts. 1(2), 2(4)(d) (with art. 3)
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