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Version Superseded: 25/03/2022

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Point in time view as at 26/03/2020.

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There are currently no known outstanding effects for the Coronavirus Act 2020, Cross Heading: Interpretation. Help about Changes to Legislation

InterpretationU.K.

7U.K.In this Schedule—

  • border force officer” means—

    (a)

    a person appointed by the Secretary of State as an immigration officer under paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Immigration Act 1971;

    (b)

    a person designated as a general customs official or a customs revenue official under the Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009 (see sections 3 and 11 of that Act);

  • operator”, in relation to a port, means a person concerned in the management of the port;

  • port” means—

    (a)

    any port (including an airport, seaport or hoverport) in the United Kingdom;

    (b)

    a place in the United Kingdom which is an authorised terminal control point for international services for the purposes of sections 11 and 12 of the Channel Tunnel Act 1987;

  • relevant port operations” means any operations or functions carried out by an operator at a port in relation to—

    (a)

    the arrival of any vessel, aircraft, train or other conveyance or vehicle into the United Kingdom;

    (b)

    the entry into the United Kingdom of persons or things;

  • suspension period” has the meaning given in paragraph 1(3)(d);

  • vessel” has the same meaning as in the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 (see section 74 of that Act).

8U.K.The provisions of this Schedule bind the Crown.

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