Clause 2 - Entering United Kingdom without passport
Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Bill
9:10 am
Mr David Taylor (North West Leicestershire, Labour/Co-operative)
With this it will be convenient to discuss the following:
Amendment No. 82, in
clause 2, page 2, line 44, at end insert
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(c) on conviction on indictment for an offence under subsection (6A) to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years for each offence under subsection (1) or (2) aided or abetted, to a fine or to both; or
(d) on conviction on indictment for an offence under subsection (6A) involving a craft, a fine not exceeding the value of the craft.'.
Amendment No. 80, in
clause 2, page 3, line 7, at end insert—
' ''craft'' means any boat, ship, aeroplane, hovercraft, balloon, airship, rocket, train, tractor, motor-car, carriage or any other movable structure used in the commission of an offence under subsections (1) and (2);'.
Amendment No. 81, in
clause 2, page 3, line 15, at end insert
' ''provides'' means owns, lets, captains, pilots or drives.'.
New clause 3—Impounding of craft—
'(1) An immigration officer may impound a craft used to transport a person to the United Kingdom if it appears to him that that
craft may be used or may have been used for an offence under section 2.
(2) The craft shall be released to its provider if—
(a) it appears to the immigration officer that no offence has been committed, or
(b) the provider of the craft notifies the officer of the craft's next destination, being outside the United Kingdom, and agrees to remove the person whom the immigration officer suspects of committing the offence with the craft to that destination.
(3) In this section—
''craft'' means any boat, ship, aeroplane, hovercraft, balloon, airship, rocket, train, tractor, motor-car, carriage or any other movable structure used in the commission of an offence under subsections (1) and (2) of section 2;
''provider'' means the person having charge of the craft.'.