28 March 2012
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Police and Justice Act 2006
Information-gathering powers: extension to domestic flights and voyages
(1) The Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 (c. 13)
is amended as
follows.
(2) In section 32 (police powers to gather information relating
to flights and
voyages to or from the United Kingdom), in subsection (1) (ships
and aircraft
to which section applies), for paragraphs (a) and (b) there is
substituted—
“(a) arriving, or expected to arrive, at any place in the
United
Kingdom (whether from a place in the United Kingdom or from
outside the United Kingdom), or
(b) leaving, or expected to leave, from any place in the United
Kingdom (whether for a place in the United Kingdom or for
outside the United Kingdom).”
(3) In each of section 32(5) (interpretation of section) and
section 33(5) (police
powers to gather information about freight entering or leaving
the United
Kingdom: interpretation of section), after paragraph (c) there
is inserted “, and
(d) “ship” includes—
(i) every description of vessel used in navigation, and
(ii) hovercraft.”
(4) In section 36 (duty to share travel and freight information),
in subsection (9)
(interpretation of section), after the definition of “Revenue
and Customs
purposes” there is inserted “, and
“ship” includes—
(a) every description of vessel used in navigation, and
(b) hovercraft.”
(5) In section 38 (disclosure of travel and freight information
for security
purposes), after subsection (5) there is inserted—
“(5A) In subsection (4) “ship” includes—
(a) every description of vessel used in navigation, and
(b) hovercraft.”
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