SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 20 Power to suspend port operations

Interpretation

7 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).