Statutory Instruments
2023 No. 305
Immigration
The Immigration (Electronic Travel Authorisations) (Consequential Amendment) Regulations 2023
Made
9th March 2023
Laid before Parliament
10th March 2023
Coming into force
31st March 2023
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 84(2) and (3) of the Nationality and Borders Act 2022( 1 ).
Citation, commencement and extent
1. These Regulations—
(a) may be cited as the Immigration (Electronic Travel Authorisations) (Consequential Amendment) Regulations 2023;
(b) come into force on 31st March 2023;
(c) extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Consequential amendment to the Immigration (Provision of Physical Data) Regulations 2006
2. In regulation 2 of the Immigration (Provision of Physical Data) Regulations 2006( 2 )—
(a) in the definition of “application”—
(i) at the end of paragraph (e) omit “or”;
(ii) after paragraph (f) insert—
“ ; or
(g) an application for an electronic travel authorisation pursuant to immigration rules made by virtue of section 11C of the Immigration Act 1971 ( 3 ) ; ” ;
(b) in the definition of “immigration rules”( 4 ), for “made under” substitute “laid down in accordance with” .
Robert Jenrick
Minister of State
Home Office
9th March 2023
S.I. 2006/1743 . Regulation 2 was amended by S.I. 2015/737 and S.I. 2020/1213 . There are other amendments but none are relevant.
1971 c. 77 . Section 75(2) of the Nationality and Borders Act 2022 inserted section 11C into the Immigration Act 1971, which provides for immigration rules laid down in accordance with section 3(2) of that Act to make provision relating to electronic travel authorisations.
The definition of “immigration rules” was inserted into regulation 2 by S.I. 2015/737 .