Terrorism Act 2000 Explanatory Notes

Schedule 7: Port and Border Controls

131.This Schedule makes similar provision to that at Schedule 5 to the PTA. The main differences are that:

  • the maximum period that a person may be detained at a port for questioning, to determine whether he is someone who is, or has been, concerned in the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism, is 9 hours (paragraph 6);

  • captains of aircraft carrying passengers other than for reward may allow their passengers to embark from, or disembark at, non-designated airports provided they give 12 hours’ notice to a constable in the relevant area (paragraph 12);

  • the “carding” provision, which allows an examining officer to require certain passengers leaving or entering Great Britain or Northern Ireland to complete cards, will be subject to the affirmative resolution procedure and may be lapsed or repealed (paragraph 16); and

  • the kind of information relating to passengers, crews or their vehicles which examining officers will be able to request will be set out in a separate order subject to the affirmative resolution procedure on the first occasion when it is made, and to the negative resolution procedure thereafter (paragraph 17).

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