Citation and commencement

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Terrorism Act 2000 (Designated Ports) Order 2011.

(2) This Order comes into force on 1st September 2011.

Amendments to the Terrorism Act 2000

2.—(1) The Terrorism Act 2000 is amended as follows.

(2) In Schedule 7 (port and border controls), in the table (designated ports: Great Britain), under the heading “Seaports”–

(a)after the entry for “Holyhead” insert “Loch Ryan”;

(b)omit the entry for “Stranraer”.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the table of designated ports at the end of Schedule 7 to the Terrorism Act 2000. Paragraph 12 of Schedule 7 applies to a journey between Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland or any of the Islands and between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland or any of the Islands. Under that paragraph a ship or aircraft that is employed to carry passengers for reward on such a journey may only call at a port in Great Britain or Northern Ireland for the purposes of disembarking or embarking passengers if that port is a designated port or if an examining officer approves the arrangement. This Order amends the Table of designated ports to add the port of Loch Ryan and to remove the port of Stranraer.