Citation, commencement and interpretation

1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Important Public Services (Border Security) Regulations 2017.

(2) These Regulations come into force on—

(a) 1st March 2017, or

(b) if later, at the end of the period of 21 days beginning with the day on which they are made.

Border Security

2. —(1) The following border security functions are important public services for the purposes of section 226 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992—

(a) the examination by a Border Force officer of persons arriving in or leaving the United Kingdom;

(b) the examination by a Border Force officer of goods—

(i) imported to or exported from the United Kingdom, or

(ii) entered for exportation or brought to any place in the United Kingdom for exportation;

(c) the patrol by a Border Force officer of the sea and other waters within the seaward limits of the territorial sea adjacent to the United Kingdom;

(d) the collection and dissemination of intelligence by a Border Force officer for the purposes of the functions set out in sub-paragraph (a), (b) or (c);

(e) the direction and control by a Border Force officer of the functions set out in sub-paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d).

(2) In this regulation “Border Force officer” means a person who is appointed as such by the Secretary of State.