The Carriers' Liability (Clandestine Entrants) (Codeof Practice for Rail Freight) Order 2001

Statutory Instruments

2001 No. 312

IMMIGRATION AND ASYLUM

The Carriers' Liability (Clandestine Entrants) (Codeof Practice for Rail Freight) Order 2001

Made

7th February 2001

Laid before Parliament

8th February 2001

Coming into force

1st March 2001

Whereas—

(1) in pursuance of section 33 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999(1) (“the 1999 Act”), as applied by the Carriers' Liability (Clandestine Entrants) (Application to Rail Freight) Regulations 2001(2) (“the rail freight Regulations”), the Secretary of State is required to issue a code of practice to be followed by any person operating a system for preventing the carriage of clandestine entrants by rail freight wagons;

(2) by virtue of regulation 1(2) of the rail freight Regulations, those Regulations are now in force for the purpose of enabling the exercise of the power to bring into operation such a code of practice;

(3) as required by section 33(2) of the 1999 Act, the Secretary of State has—

(a) consulted such persons as he considers appropriate about the code of practice; and

(b) laid a draft of the code of practice before each House of Parliament;

Now, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 33 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999, hereby makes the following Order:

(1)

1999 c. 33.

(2)

S.I. 2001/280, which apply certain provisions of Part II of the 1999 Act (in some cases with modification) for the purposes of enabling penalties to be imposed in respect of certain persons who arrive in the United Kingdom concealed in a rail freight wagon.