Immigration (Hotel
Records) (Jersey) Order 1999[1]
THE HOME AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, in pursuance of section 4(4) of the Immigration Act 1971 of
the United Kingdom, as extended to Jersey by the Immigration (Jersey)
Order 1993, orders as follows
Commencement [see endnotes]
1 Interpretation
(1) In this
Order –
“certificate of registration” means a certificate
issued, or treated as issued, in pursuance of regulations from time to time in
force under subsection of section 4(3) of the Immigration Act 1971 of the
United Kingdom;
“EEA national” means a national of a state to which the
Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992,
together with the Protocol adjusting that Agreement signed at Brussels
on 17th March 1993, applies;
“keeper”, in relation to any premises, includes any
person who for reward receives any other person to stay in the premises,
whether on his or her own behalf or as manager or otherwise on behalf of any
other person;
“nationality” includes the status of a person who is
stateless;
“stay” means lodge or sleep, for one night or more, in
accommodation provided for reward.
(2) Any information
required by this Order to be given by or to any person may be given by or to
any other person acting on the person’s behalf.
(3) References in this
Order to an enactment, including an enactment of the United Kingdom, are
references to that enactment as in force for the time being in Jersey or, as
the case may be, in the United Kingdom.
2 Application
of Order
This Order shall apply in the case of any hotel or other premises,
whether furnished or unfurnished, where lodging or sleeping accommodation is
provided for reward, not being premises occupied for the purposes of a school,
hospital, club or other institution or association.
3 Provision
of information by visitors
(1) Every person of or
over 16 years of age who stays at any premises to which this Order applies
shall, on arriving at the premises, inform the keeper of the premises of the
person’s full name and nationality.
(2) Every such person who
is not an EEA national shall also inform the keeper of the
premises –
(a) on
arriving at the premises, of the number and place of issue of the
person’s passport, certificate of registration or other document
establishing the person’s identity and nationality;
(b) on
arriving at the premises, of the full address at which the person ordinarily
resides; and
(c) on or
before the person’s departure from the premises, of the person’s
next destination and, if it is known to the person, the person’s full
address there.
4 Records
to be maintained by keeper of premises[2]
The keeper of any premises to which this Order applies
shall –
(a) require all persons of
or over 16 years of age who stay at the premises to comply with their
obligations under Article 3; and
(b) keep for a period of at
least 12 months a record in writing of the date of arrival of every such person
and of all the information given to him or her by any such person in pursuance
of Article 3,
and every record shall at all times be open to inspection by any
police officer or immigration officer or by any other person authorized by the Minister for Justice and Home Affairs.
5 Citation
This Order may be cited as the Immigration (Hotel Records) (Jersey)
Order 1999.