PART 3 Acquisition of passenger and service information by immigration officer

5 Passenger and service information: immigration officers
1 Subject to paragraph (2), the passenger information and service information set out in paragraphs 2 (information which relates to passengers) and 3 (information which relates to a voyage or flight or international service) of Schedule 1 is specified for the purposes of paragraph 27B(9) and (9A) of Schedule 2 to the 1971 Act (passenger and service information).
Paragraph 27B(9A) of Schedule 2 to the 1971 Act was inserted by section 31 of the 2006 Act.
2 The information set out in paragraphs 2 and 3 of Schedule 1 is only specified for the purposes of paragraph 27B(9) and (9A) of Schedule 2 to the 1971 Act to the extent to which it is known by the owner or agent of a ship or aircraft or by the person operating an international service or his agent in circumstances where the information is to be provided before a point in time at which passengers have boarded the ship or aircraft or through train or shuttle train in preparation for departure and it is no longer possible for further passengers or crew to do so.
3 Where information set out in paragraph 2 or 3 of Schedule 1 has been requested in circumstances set out in paragraph (2), nothing in this article prevents that same information being requested from the owner or agent of a ship or aircraft or from the person operating an international service or his agent a second time where those same circumstances do not apply.
4 The passenger information and service information set out in Schedule 2 is specified for the purposes of paragraph 27B(9) and (9A) of Schedule 2 to the 1971 Act to the extent to which it is known to the owner or agent of a ship or aircraft or to the person operating an international service or his agent.