Legislation – Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act 2025
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Part 1Border security
Chapter 2Other border security provision
Offences: things for use in immigration crime and advertising of unlawful immigration services
20Offences committed outside the United Kingdom
(1)
Section 13(1) or (2), 14(1) or (3), 16(1) or 17(1) or (2) applies to things done inside or outside the United Kingdom, regardless of—
(a)
the nationality of the person by whom they are done, or
(b)
whether they are done by a body formed under the law of any part of the United Kingdom or the law of any other country or territory.
(2)
(a)
proceedings for the offence may be taken at any place in the United Kingdom, and
(b)
the offence may for all incidental purposes be treated as having been committed at any such place.
(3)
In the application of subsection (2) to Scotland, any such proceedings against a person may be taken—
(a)
in any sheriff court district in which the person is apprehended or is in custody, or
(b)
in such sheriff court district as the Lord Advocate may determine.
(4)
For the purposes of subsection (3), “sheriff court district” is to be read in accordance with the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (see section 307(1) of that Act).