Enforcement
I124F7Exercise of civil recovery powers by immigration officers
F81
2
For that purpose—
F3a
“unlawful conduct”, in or in relation to F9sections 289 and 303C and F19Chapter 3BF19Chapters 3B to 3F, means conduct which—
i
relates to the entitlement of one or more persons who are not nationals of the United Kingdom to enter, transit across, or be in, the United Kingdom (including conduct which relates to conditions or other controls on any such entitlement), or
ii
is undertaken for the purposes of, or otherwise in relation to, a relevant nationality enactment,
and (in either case) constitutes an offence,
c
“senior officer” in F6sections 290 F10, 297A and 303E and in Chapter 3B (see section 303Z2(4))F18, Chapter 3C (see section 303Z20(4)), Chapter 3D (see section 303Z36(8)) and Chapter 3E (see section 303Z41(9)) means an official of the Secretary of State who is a civil servant F5at or above the grade which is designated by the Secretary of State as being equivalent to the rank of police inspector,
d
e
f
an application for an order under section 295(2) F20or 303L(1)F20, 303L(1), 303Z28(1) or (4), 303Z32(1) or (4) or 303Z57(3) or (5) must be made—
i
in relation to England and Wales or Northern Ireland, by an immigration officer, and
F42A
In subsection (2)(a)(ii) “ relevant nationality enactment ” means any enactment in—
a
the British Nationality Act 1981,
b
the Hong Kong Act 1985,
c
the Hong Kong (War Wives and Widows) Act 1996,
d
the British Nationality (Hong Kong) Act 1997,
e
the British Overseas Territories Act 2002, or
f
an instrument made under any of those Acts.
3
The Secretary of State may by order amend subsection (2)(c) to reflect a change in nomenclature; and an order—
a
shall be made by statutory instrument, and
b
shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.