Citation, commencement and extent

1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (Juxtaposed Controls) (Amendment) Order 2024.

(2) This Order comes into force on the twenty-first day after the day on which it is made.

(3) This Order extends to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Amendment of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (Juxtaposed Controls) Order 2003

2. —(1)The Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (Juxtaposed Controls) Order 2003( 2 ) is amended as follows.

(2) After article 10 (provision of facilities for French officers), insert—

“ Circulation Areas

10A. —(1) In this article “ Circulation Area ” means the part of a port in the United Kingdom designated in Schedule 1 to this Order within which the officers belonging to the French Republic are authorised to travel between Control Zones.

(2) An officer belonging to the French Republic may escort a person detained under article 4 within a Circulation Area in order to access a Control Zone.

(3) Articles 6 and 8(1) and (2) of this Order apply to an officer belonging to the French Republic while escorting a person under paragraph (2) as if for “Control Zone”, each time it occurs, there were substituted “Circulation Area” .

(4) Articles 3(2) to (4), 7 and 9 of this Order apply to an officer belonging to the French Republic within a Circulation Area, as if—

(a) for “Control Zone”, each time it occurs, there were substituted “Circulation Area” ;

(b) in article 3(2) to (4) (exercise of functions by French officers), for “carrying out his functions in accordance with paragraph (1)”, each time it occurs, there were substituted “escorting a person under article 10A(2)” ;

(c) in article 7 (arrest of a French officer), for “in the exercise of his functions” in paragraph (2) there were substituted “escorting a person under article 10A(2)” . ” .