7In this Schedule—
“border force officer” means—
a person appointed by the Secretary of State as an immigration officer under paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Immigration Act 1971;
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—
any port (including an airport, seaport or hoverport) in the United Kingdom;
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—
the arrival of any vessel, aircraft, train or other conveyance or vehicle into the United Kingdom;
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).