Exercise of functions by French officersU.K.
3.—(1) An officer belonging to the French Republic shall be permitted to carry out his functions in a Control Zone in the United Kingdom in application of his powers relating to immigration control.
(2) The offence in section 26 (1)(g) of the 1971 Act of obstructing, without reasonable excuse, an immigration officer or other person lawfully acting in the execution of the 1971 Act shall apply to an officer belonging to the French Republic carrying out his functions in accordance with paragraph (1) as it applies to such an immigration officer or other person.
[F1(3) Any act or omission which—
(a)takes place inside the United Kingdom in a Control Zone,
(b)is committed or omitted in relation to an officer belonging to the French Republic carrying out his functions in accordance with paragraph (1), and
(c)would constitute an offence under an immigration control enactment if committed or omitted in relation to an immigration officer,
shall be treated for the purposes of that enactment as if it were an act or omission in relation to an immigration officer.
(4) Section 22 of the UK Borders Act 2007 (assaulting an immigration officer) is modified for the purposes of paragraph (3) so that the reference in subsection (1) of that section to an immigration officer includes a reference to an officer belonging to the French Republic carrying out his functions in accordance with paragraph (1).]
Textual Amendments
F1Art. 3(3)(4) inserted (31.3.2021) by The Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (Juxtaposed Controls) (Amendment) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/311), arts. 1(2), 2(3)
Commencement Information
I1Art. 3 comes into force in accordance with art. 1