Immigration
(Electronic Travel Authorisations – Mutual Recognition) (Jersey) Order
2026
1 Interpretation
In this Order –
“Immigration Act” means the
Immigration Act 1971 of the United Kingdom as extended to Jersey, with
modifications, by the Immigration (Jersey) Order 2021 and the Immigration (Electronic Travel Authorisations)
(Jersey) Order 2025;
“Jersey ETA” means an ETA granted
under section 11C of the Immigration Act;
“Jersey Immigration ETA Rules”
means rules made under section 11C(6)(f) and (g) of the Immigration Act;
“mutual recognition jurisdiction”
means the United Kingdom, the Bailiwick of Guernsey or the Isle of Man;
“recognised ETA” means an
authorisation in electronic form, granted under the law of a mutual recognition
jurisdiction, to travel to that jurisdiction.
2 Effect in Jersey of recognised ETA
(1) Paragraph (2) applies if a person is
granted a recognised ETA.
(2) The person is treated, during the period of
validity of their recognised ETA, as if their recognised ETA –
(a) is a Jersey ETA; and
(b) is subject to any
condition that was imposed on their recognised ETA and that may be imposed on a
Jersey ETA.
3 Cancellation or variation in Jersey of recognised
ETA
A recognised ETA that has effect under
Article 2(2) may or must be cancelled or varied under the Jersey
Immigration ETA Rules –
(a) in the same form and
manner as a Jersey ETA may or must be cancelled or varied under those Rules;
(b) on the same grounds and
by the same persons as a Jersey ETA may or must be cancelled or varied under
those Rules; and
(c) with the same effect as
the cancellation or variation of a Jersey ETA under those Rules.
4 Effect in Jersey of cancellation or
variation of recognised ETA by mutual recognition jurisdiction
(1) Paragraph (2) applies if a recognised
ETA –
(a) is cancelled or varied –
(i) under the law of the
mutual recognition jurisdiction that granted it; or
(ii) under
the law of a mutual recognition jurisdiction other than the one that granted
it, insofar as the recognised ETA has effect under that law; and
(b) had effect under the law
of that jurisdiction immediately before the cancellation or variation.
(2) The cancellation or variation of the
recognised ETA has effect in Jersey in the same way as a cancellation or
variation under the Jersey Immigration ETA Rules.
5 Effect in Jersey of cancellation or
variation of Jersey ETA under law of mutual recognition jurisdiction
(1) Paragraphs (2) and (3) apply if –
(a) a mutual recognition
jurisdiction treats a person who has been granted a Jersey ETA as being the
holder of a recognised ETA;
(b) the Jersey ETA is
cancelled or varied, insofar as it has effect under the law of that mutual
recognition jurisdiction; and
(c) the Jersey ETA had effect
under the law of that jurisdiction immediately before the cancellation or
variation.
(2) The cancellation or variation of the Jersey
ETA has effect in Jersey in the same way as a cancellation or variation under the
Jersey Immigration ETA Rules.
(3) Paragraph (2) does not limit any other
way in which a Jersey ETA may be cancelled or varied under Jersey law.
6 No right of appeal and no permission
contrary to authority-to-carry scheme
(1) Nothing in this
Order is to be taken as conferring on a person a right of appeal in Jersey law
against a decision, or other act, under the law of a mutual recognition
jurisdiction (whether given effect under this Order or not).
(2) Nothing in this Order is to be taken as
requiring a person to be permitted to travel to Jersey contrary to the
operation of an authority-to-carry scheme made by
an Order under section 22(1) of the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act
2015 of the United Kingdom as extended to Jersey, with modifications, by
Article 13 of the Immigration (Jersey) Order 2021.
7 Citation and commencement
This Order may be cited as
the Immigration (Electronic Travel Authorisations – Mutual Recognition)
(Jersey) Order 2026 and comes into force on 9 April 2026.