Section 27 — Immigration Act 1971: Offences by persons connected with ships or aircraft or with ports.

Offences by persons connected with ships or aircraft or with ports. 27 1 A person shall be guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction with a fine of not more than level 5 on the standard scale or with imprisonment for not more than six months, or with both, in any of the following cases—

a if, being the captain of a ship or aircraft,—

i he knowingly permits a person to disembark in the United Kingdom when required under Schedule 2 or 3 to this Act to prevent it, or fails without reasonable excuse to take any steps he is required by or under Schedule 2 to take in connection with the disembarkation or examination of passengers or for furnishing a passenger list or particulars of members of the crew; or ii he fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with any directions given him under Schedule 2 or 3 or under the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 with respect to the removal of a person from the United Kingdom;

b if, as owner or agent of a ship or aircraft,—

i he arranges, or is knowingly concerned in any arrangements, for the ship or aircraft to call at a port other than a port of entry contrary to any provision of Schedule 2 to this Act; or ii he fails, without reasonable excuse, to take any steps required by an order under Schedule 2 for the supply to passengers of landing or embarkation cards; or iii he fails, without reasonable excuse, to make arrangements for or in connection with the removal of a person from the United Kingdom when required to do so by directions given under Schedule 2 or 3 to this Act; or under the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999; or iiia he fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with a direction under paragraph 5B of Schedule 2; or iv he fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with any other requirement imposed by or under Schedule 2 ;

c if, . . . as a person concerned in the management of a port, he fails, without reasonable excuse, to take any steps required by Schedule 2 in relation to the embarkation or disembarkation of passengers where a control area is designated. ca if as a person concerned in the management of a port he fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with a direction under paragraph 5B of Schedule 2. d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2 Proceedings may not be instituted against a person under subsection (1)(a)(i) or (1)(b)(iv) for a failure to provide information or otherwise to comply with a requirement imposed under paragraph 27, 27B or 27BA of Schedule 2 where—

a the person has paid a penalty in respect of the same failure, or a failure to provide the same information, by virtue of regulations made under—

i paragraph 27BB of Schedule 2, ii section 32B of the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006, or iii section 24 of the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015 (penalty for breach of authority-to-carry scheme); or b proceedings have been instituted against the person under section 34 of the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 in respect of a failure to provide the same information.