Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014

Interpretation

1 (1) In this Schedule “examining officer” means—

(a) a constable,

(b) a person appointed as an immigration officer under paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Immigration Act 1971, or

(c) a general customs official designated under section 3(1) of the Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009.

(2) In this Schedule “travel document” means anything that is, or appears to be, a passport or other document which—

(a) has been issued by or for Her Majesty’s Government, or the government of another state, and

(b) enables or facilitates travel from one state to another.

(3) For the purposes of this Schedule a travel document is “invalid” if—

(a) it has been cancelled,

(b) it has expired,

(c) it was not issued by the government or authority by which it purports to have been issued, or

(d) it has undergone an unauthorised alteration.

(4) In this Schedule “port” means—

(a) an airport,

(b) a sea port,

(c) a hoverport,

(d) a heliport,

(e) a railway station where passenger trains depart for, or arrive from, places outside the United Kingdom, or

(f) any other place at which a person is able, or attempting, to get on or off any craft, vessel or vehicle in connection with entering or leaving Great Britain or Northern Ireland.