The Important Public Services (Border Security) Regulations 2017
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2017/136 |
| Year | 2017 |
2017 No. 136
Trade Unions
The Important Public Services (Border Security) Regulations 2017
Made 9th February 2017
Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 226(2D) of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 19921, makes the following Regulations.
A draft of these Regulations was laid before Parliament in accordance with section 226(2F) of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 19922and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Important Public Services (Border Security) Regulations 2017.
(2) These Regulations come into force on—
(a)
(a) 1st March 2017, or
(b)
(b) if later, at the end of the period of 21 days beginning with the day on which they are made.
Border Security
2.—(1) The following border security functions are important public services for the purposes of section 226 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992—
(a)
(a) the examination by a Border Force officer of persons arriving in or leaving the United Kingdom;
(b)
(b) the examination by a Border Force officer of goods—
(i) imported to or exported from the United Kingdom, or
(ii) entered for exportation or brought to any place in the United Kingdom for exportation;
(c)
(c) the patrol by a Border Force officer of the sea and other waters within the seaward limits of the territorial sea adjacent to the United Kingdom;
(d)
(d) the collection and dissemination of intelligence by a Border Force officer for the purposes of the functions set out in sub-paragraph (a), (b) or (c);
(e)
(e) the direction and control by a Border Force officer of the functions set out in sub-paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d).
(2) In this regulation “Border Force officer” means a person who is appointed as such by the Secretary of State.
Margot James
Minister for Small Business, Consumer and Corporate Responsibility
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
9th February 2017
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
Section 226(2B) of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (“the 1992 Act”) (inserted by the Trade Union Act 2016 (c.15)) introduces a new 40% threshold of support that must be satisfied in ballots for...
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