75 Electronic travel authorisations

75  Electronic travel authorisations

(1)     The Immigration Act 1971 is amended in accordance with subsections (2) to (4).

(2)     After Part 1 insert—

“Part 1A
Electronic Travel Authorisations

11C Electronic travel authorisations

(1)     In this Act, “an ETA” means an authorisation in electronic form to travel to the United Kingdom.

(2)     Immigration rules may require an individual of a description specified in the rules not to travel to the United Kingdom from any place (including a place in the common travel area), whether with a view to entering the United Kingdom or to passing through it without entering, unless the individual has an ETA that is valid for the individual's journey to the United Kingdom.

(3)     The rules may not impose this requirement on an individual if—

(a)     the individual is a British citizen, or

(b)     the individual would, on arrival in the United Kingdom, be entitled to enter without leave.

(4)     In relation to an individual travelling to the United Kingdom on a local journey from a place in the common travel area, subsection (3)(b) applies only if the individual would also be entitled to enter without leave if the journey were instead from a place outside

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