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Immigration Act 1971

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11B Offshore workers: requirements to notify arrival and entry dates etc

(1) The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision for and in connection with requiring— (a) an offshore worker, or (b) if an offshore worker has one, their sponsor; to give notice to the Secretary of State or an immigration officer of the dates on which the offshore worker arrives in, enters and leaves the United Kingdom. (2) The regulations may make provision for the failure of an offshore worker to comply with a requirement imposed under the regulations to be a ground for— (a) the cancellation or variation of their leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom; (b) refusing them leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom. (3) The failure of an offshore worker’s sponsor to comply with a requirement imposed under the regulations may be taken into account by the Secretary of State when operating immigration skills arrangements made with the sponsor. (4) Regulations under this section— (a) are to be made by statutory instrument; (b) may make different provision for different cases; (c) may make incidental, supplementary, consequential, transitional, transitory or saving provision. (5) A statutory instrument containing regulations under this section is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament. (6) For the purposes of this section— (a) “offshore worker” has the same meaning as in section 11A; (b) a person is an offshore worker’s “sponsor” if they have made immigration skills arrangements with the Secretary of State in relation to the offshore worker; (c) “immigration skills arrangements” has the meaning given by section 70A(2) of the Immigration Act 2014.

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11B Offshore workers: requirements to notify arrival and entry dates etc

(1) The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision for and in connection with requiring— (a) an offshore worker, or (b) if an offshore worker has one, their sponsor; to give notice to the Secretary of State or an immigration officer of the dates on which the offshore worker arrives in, enters and leaves the United Kingdom. (2) The regulations may make provision for the failure of an offshore worker to comply with a requirement imposed under the regulations to be a ground for— (a) the cancellation or variation of their leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom; (b) refusing them leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom. (3) The failure of an offshore worker’s sponsor to comply with a requirement imposed under the regulations may be taken into account by the Secretary of State when operating immigration skills arrangements made with the sponsor. (4) Regulations under this section— (a) are to be made by statutory instrument; (b) may make different provision for different cases; (c) may make incidental, supplementary, consequential, transitional, transitory or saving provision. (5) A statutory instrument containing regulations under this section is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament. (6) For the purposes of this section— (a) “offshore worker” has the same meaning as in section 11A; (b) a person is an offshore worker’s “sponsor” if they have made immigration skills arrangements with the Secretary of State in relation to the offshore worker; (c) “immigration skills arrangements” has the meaning given by section 70A(2) of the Immigration Act 2014.

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