Immigration
(Control of Entry Through Republic of Ireland) (Jersey) Order 2018
Made 8th January 2018
Coming into force 15th
January 2018
THE MINISTER FOR HOME AFFAIRS, in pursuance of section 9(2) and (6)
of the Immigration Act 1971 as extended to Jersey with modifications by
the Immigration (Jersey) Order 1993[1] and the Immigration (Jersey)
(Amendment) Order 2017[2], orders as follows –
1 Interpretation
In this Order –
“Act” means the
Immigration Act 1971 (c.77) of the United Kingdom as extended to Jersey
with modifications by the Immigration (Jersey) Order 1993[3] and the Immigration (Jersey)
(Amendment) Order 2017[4];
“1988 Act” means the
Immigration Act 1988 (c.14) of the United Kingdom as extended to Jersey
with modifications by the Immigration (Jersey) Order 1993;
“EEA national” means
a national of an EEA State who is not also a British citizen;
“EEA” means the
European Economic Area;
“EEA State” means,
other than the United Kingdom –
(a) a
member State of the European Union;
(b) Norway,
Iceland, Liechtenstein and Switzerland;
“Jersey” has the
meaning given in Article 2 of the Immigration (Jersey) Order 1993;
“visa national”
means a person, including a stateless person, who in accordance with the Jersey
Immigration Rules is required on entry into Jersey to produce a passport or
other document of identity endorsed with a visa for his or her entry into
Jersey.
2 Immigration
control in respect of certain persons travelling through the Republic of
Ireland
(1) This
Article applies to –
(a) any
person (other than a citizen of the Republic of Ireland) who arrives in Jersey
on an aircraft which began its flight in that Republic if he or she entered
that Republic in the course of a journey to Jersey which began outside the
common travel area and was not given leave to land in that Republic in
accordance with the law in force there;
(b) any
person (other than a person to whom sub-paragraph (a) refers) who arrives
in Jersey on a local journey from the Republic of Ireland if he or she
satisfies any of the following conditions, that is to say –
(i) he or she is a
visa national who has no valid visa for his or her entry into Jersey, save for
a visa national to whom Article 3 applies,
(ii) he or she entered
that Republic unlawfully from a place outside the common travel area,
(iii) he or she entered that
Republic from a place in the United Kingdom or Islands (that is to say, the
Channel Islands and the Isle of Man) after entering there unlawfully, or, if he
or she had a limited leave to enter or remain there, after the expiry of the
leave, provided that in either case he or she has not subsequently been given
leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom or any of the Islands,
(iv) he or she is a person
in respect of whom directions have been given by the Minister for Home Affairs
for that person not to be given entry to Jersey on the ground that his or her
exclusion is conducive to the public good, or
(v) he or she is a person
who has been prohibited from entering the United Kingdom by an order made by
the Secretary of State under any provision made under section 2(2) of the
European Communities Act 1972 of the United Kingdom.
(2) In
relation only to persons to whom this Article applies, the Republic of Ireland
shall be excluded from section 1(3) of the Act (provisions relating to
persons travelling on local journeys in the common travel area).
3 Recognition
of certain 90 day visit visas issued by the Republic of Ireland
This Article applies to a visa national who is a citizen of a
country specified in the Schedule who –
(a) has
applied to the Republic of Ireland authorities for a visa to travel to the
Republic;
(b) has
made the application mentioned in paragraph (a) to the Republic of Ireland
authorities based in the country listed in the Schedule where the visa national
is a citizen;
(c) has
been granted a visa to travel to the Republic of Ireland by the Republic of
Ireland authorities for the purpose of a stay of a period of 90 days or
fewer, as a result of the application mentioned in paragraph (a), which is
endorsed with the letters “BIVS”;
(d) has
since been given permission by the Republic of Ireland authorities, endorsed on
his or her passport, to land or be in the Republic of Ireland pursuant to the
visa mentioned in paragraph (c); and
(e) is
in possession of both the valid Irish visa mentioned in paragraph (c) and
the valid endorsement from the Republic of Ireland authorities conferring
permission to land or to be in the Republic mentioned in paragraph (d), at
the time when he or she enters Jersey on a local journey from the Republic of
Ireland.
4 Restrictions
and conditions
(1) Subject
to paragraph (2), this Article applies to any person who does not have the
right of abode in Jersey under section 2 of the Act and is not an EEA
national, or a person who is entitled to enter or remain in Jersey by virtue of
section 7 of the 1988 Act, who enters Jersey on a local journey from
the Republic of Ireland after having entered that Republic –
(a) on
coming from a place outside the common travel area; or
(b) after
leaving Jersey whilst having a limited leave to enter or remain there which has
since expired.
(2) This
Article shall not apply to any person who arrives in Jersey with leave to enter
or remain in Jersey which is in force but which was given to that person before
his or her arrival or who requires leave to enter Jersey by virtue of Article 2
or section 9(4) of the Act.
(3) A
person to whom this Article applies by virtue only of paragraph (1)(a)
shall, unless that person is a visa national without a valid visa for entry to
Jersey and who is also a visa national to whom Article 3 applies, be
subject to the restriction and condition set out in paragraph (4).
(4) The
restriction and condition referred to in paragraph (3) are that –
(a) the
period for which the person may remain in Jersey shall not be more than 3 months
from the date on which he or she first entered Jersey; and
(b) the
person shall not engage in any occupation for reward or in any employment.
(5) In
relation to a person who is a visa national without a valid visa for entry to
Jersey and who is also a visa national to whom Article 3 applies, the
restriction and condition set out in paragraph (6) shall apply instead of
the provisions contained in paragraph (4).
(6) The
restriction and condition referred to in paragraph (5) are that –
(a) the
period for which the visa national may remain in Jersey ends on the date of the
expiry of the permission to land or to be in the Republic of Ireland mentioned
in Article 3(d); and
(b) the
person shall not engage in any occupation for reward or in any employment.
(7) A
person to whom this Article applies by virtue of paragraph (1)(b) (whether
or not he or she is also a person to whom this Article applies by virtue of paragraph (1)(a))
shall be subject to the restriction and condition set out in paragraph (8).
(8) The
restriction and condition referred to in paragraph (7) are that –
(a) the
period for which the person may remain in Jersey shall not be more than 7 days
from the date on which he or she first entered Jersey; and
(b) the
person shall not engage in any occupation for reward or in any employment.
(9) The
restriction and condition set out in paragraphs (4), (6) and (8) shall
cease to apply to a person if that person becomes entitled to enter or remain
in the United Kingdom by virtue of section 7 of the 1988 Act.
5 Immigration
(Control of Entry Through Republic of Ireland) (Jersey) Order 2015 revoked
The Immigration (Control of Entry Through Republic of Ireland)
(Jersey) Order 2015[5] is revoked.
6 Citation
and commencement
This Order may be cited as the Immigration (Control of Entry Through
Republic of Ireland) (Jersey) Order 2018 and shall come into force 7 days
after the day on which it is made.
deputy k.l. moore of st. peter
Minister for Home Affairs