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Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006
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[F132ARegulations requiring information to be provided to policeU.K.
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(1)The Secretary of State may make regulations requiring responsible persons in relation to ships or aircraft—
(a)which have arrived, or are expected to arrive, in the United Kingdom, or
(b)which have left, or are expected to leave, the United Kingdom,
to provide information to the police.
(2)The following information may be required under subsection (1)—
(a)information about the persons on board;
(b)information about the voyage or flight.
(3)Regulations may impose a requirement to provide the information only if the Secretary of State thinks it necessary—
(a)in the case of a requirement to provide information to the police in England and Wales, for police purposes;
(b)in the case of a requirement to provide information to the police in Scotland, for police purposes which are or relate to reserved matters (within the meaning of the Scotland Act 1998);
(c)in the case of a requirement to provide information to the police in Northern Ireland, for police purposes which are or relate to excepted or reserved matters (within the meaning of the Northern Ireland Act 1998).
In this subsection “ police purposes ” has the same meaning as in section 32.
(4)The regulations must—
(a)specify or describe the classes of ships or aircraft to which they apply;
(b)specify the information required to be provided;
(c)specify the time by which the information must be provided;
(d)specify the form and manner in which the information must be provided.
(5)The regulations may require responsible persons to be able to receive, in a specified form and manner, communications sent by the police, the Secretary of State or an immigration officer relating to the information.
(6)Regulations under this section—
(a)may apply generally or only to specified cases or circumstances,
(b)may make different provision for different cases or circumstances,
(c)shall be made by statutory instrument, and
(d)may not be made unless a draft has been laid before and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament.
(7)For the purposes of this section, the following are responsible persons in respect of a ship or aircraft—
(a)the owner or agent, and
(b)the captain.]
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 32A, 32B inserted (12.2.2015) by Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015 (c. 6), s. 52(5), Sch. 5 para. 7
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