PART II U.K.ENTRY CLEARANCE AS LEAVE TO ENTER

Incidental, supplementary and consequential provisions U.K.

6.—(1) Where an immigration officer exercises his power to cancel leave to enter under paragraph 2A(8) of Schedule 2 to the Act(1) or article 13(7) below in respect of an entry clearance which has effect as leave to enter, the entry clearance shall cease to have effect.

(2) If the holder of an entry clearance—

(a) arrives in the United Kingdom before the day on which it becomes effective; or

(b) seeks to enter the United Kingdom for a purpose other than the purpose specified in the entry clearance,

an immigration officer may cancel the entry clearance.

(3) If the holder of an entry clearance which does not, at the time, have effect as leave to enter the United Kingdom seeks leave to enter the United Kingdom at any time before his departure for, or in the course of his journey to, the United Kingdom and is refused leave to enter under article 7, the entry clearance shall not have effect as leave to enter.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Art. 6 modified (30.7.2000) by S.I. 1993/1813, art. 7, Sch. 4 para. 3(c) (as inserted by The Channel Tunnel (International Arrangements) (Amendment No. 2) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/1775), arts. 1, 2(3))

C2 Art. 6 modified (25.5.2001) by S.I. 1993/1813, Sch. 4 para. 4(c) (as substituted by The Channel Tunnel (International Arrangements) (Amendment No. 3) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/1544), arts. 1(2), 7)

Commencement Information

I1 Art. 6 in force at 28.4.2000, see art. 1(2)

(1)

Paragraph 2A is inserted into Schedule 2 to the Act by paragraph 57 of Schedule 14 to the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999.