Amendments proposed to the Asylum and Immigration (treatment of Claimants, Etc.) Bill - continued House of Commons

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Responsibilities of masters of vessels, etc

   

Mr Andrew Turner

NC18

*To move the following Clause:—

    '(1)   The master of a vessel used to convey a person who is the subject of immigration control to the United Kingdom—

      (a) shall deliver to an immigration officer a list ("the manifest") of all such persons whether passengers or crew;

      (b) shall not remove the vessel until authorised to do so by an immigration officer.

    (2)   Failure to comply with subsection (1) shall be an offence.

    (3)   An immigration officer shall authorise the removal of the vessel—

      (a) when all persons so listed have reported to an immigration officer; or

      (b) in such other circumstances as he considers appropriate.

    (4)   In order to ensure that any person so listed either reports to an immigration officer or returns to the vessel the master shall have authority over that person as if he were still aboard the vessel.

    (5)   The Secretary of State may, by order subject to the approval of each House of Parliament, amend the Civil Aviation Act 1982 and the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 to secure that the master of a vessel has power to arrest and deliver up to an immigration officer any person aboard or having disembarked from that vessel whom he reasonably believes may be subject to immigration control and not to have reported to an immigration officer.

    (6)   The Secretary of State may, by order subject to the negative procedure, amend any regulation in order to secure, subject to any enactment, that the master of a vessel have power to arrest and deliver up to an immigration officer any person aboard or having disembarked from that vessel whom he reasonably believes may be subject to immigration control and not to have reported to an immigration officer.

    (7)   The Secretary of State may, by order subject to the approval of each House of Parliament, make regulations under this section to secure that the driver of a train, motor car or similar vehicle or a person authorised by him shall have power to arrest and deliver up to an immigration officer any person aboard or having disembarked from that vehicle whom he reasonably believes may be subject to immigration control and not to have reported to an immigration officer.

    (8)   In this section "vessel" includes any craft whether used by land, sea or air and "master" shall be construed accordingly.'.


ORDER OF THE HOUSE [17TH DECEMBER 2003]

That the following provisions shall apply to the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants etc.) Bill:

Committal

    1.   The Bill shall be committed to a Standing Committee.

Proceedings in Standing Committee

    2.   Proceedings in the Standing Committee shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion on 27th January 2004.

    3.   The Standing Committee shall have leave to sit twice on the first day on which it meets.

Consideration and Third Reading

    4.   Proceedings on consideration shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion one hour before the moment of interruption on the day on which those proceedings are commenced.

    5.   Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at the moment of interruption on that day.

Programming Committee

    6.   Sessional Order B (programming committees) made on 28th June 2001 shall not apply to proceedings on consideration and Third Reading.

Programming of proceedings

    7.   All proceedings on the Bill (including any proceedings on consideration of Lords Amendments or on any further messages from the Lords) may be programmed.


ORDERS OF THE COMMITTEE [8th and 13th JANUARY 2004]

That—     (1)   during proceedings on the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Bill the Standing Committee shall meet when the House is sitting on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 9.10 a.m. and 2.30 p.m.;

    (2)   12 sittings shall be allotted to the consideration of the Bill by the Committee;

    (3)   the proceedings shall be taken in the order shown in the Table below and shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at the time specified in the second column of the Table.

TABLE

Proceedings

Time for conclusion of proceedings
Clauses 1 to 6.
5.15 p.m. on Tuesday 13th January.
Clauses 7 to 9.
5.15 p.m. on Thursday 15th January.
Clause 10; Schedules 1 and 2; Clauses 11 and 12; Schedule 3; Clauses 13 and 14.11.25 a.m. on Thursday 22nd January.
Clauses 15 to 25; Schedule 4; Clauses 26 to 28; remaining proceedings on the Bill.
6.55 p.m. on Tuesday 27th January.


 
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