The Channel Tunnel (International Arrangements and Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) Order 2020

Amendment of article 5

4.—(1) Article 5 is amended as follows.

(2) After paragraph (1) insert—

“(1ZA) Any act or omission which—

(a) takes place inside the United Kingdom in a control zone and relates to an officer belonging to the French Republic; and

(b) would constitute an offence under a frontier control enactment if it took place in relation to an officer belonging to the United Kingdom,

shall be treated for the purposes of that enactment as if it were an act or omission which had taken place in relation to an officer belonging to the United Kingdom.

(1ZB) Section 22 of the UK Borders Act 2007(1) is modified for the purposes of paragraph (1ZA) 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.”.

(3) In paragraph (1A)—

(a) after “paragraph (1)” insert “or (1ZA)”;

(b) for the words from “the inner London area” to the end substitute “the area comprising the inner London boroughs”;

(4) In paragraph (2), for “paragraphs (1) and (1A)” substitute “paragraphs (1), (1ZA) and (1A)”.

(1)

2007 c. 30.