The Global Entry Scheme (Screening Process) (Fees) Regulations 2015

Made: 19th March 2015

Laid before Parliament: 23rd March 2015

Coming into force: 1st July 2015

The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations, with the consent of the Treasury[^f00001], in exercise of the powers conferred by section 56(1) and (2) of the Finance Act 1973[^f00002].

Citation and commencement

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These Regulations may be cited as the Global Entry Scheme (Screening Process) (Fees) Regulations 2015 and come into force on 1st July 2015.

Interpretation

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In these Regulations—

• “Arrangement” means the arrangement between the Home Office and the United States Department of Homeland Security and United States Customs and Border Protection, by which the former agrees to conduct the Screening Process;

• “Global Entry Scheme” means the scheme, operated by the United States Department of Homeland Security and United States Customs and Border Protection, by which members of the scheme obtain certain benefits, including expedited entry into the territory of the United States of America; and

• “Screening Process” means the preliminary assessment of an applicant, undertaken by the Home Office at the applicant’s request, in order to establish certain matters connected to the applicant’s suitability (or otherwise) for membership (and continued membership) of the Global Entry Scheme.

Global Entry Scheme (Screening Process) Fee

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• (1) Paragraph (2) prescribes the fee payable by an applicant requesting that the Home Office conducts the Screening Process, in pursuance of the Home Office’s obligations arising from the Arrangement.

• (2) The fee mentioned in paragraph (1) is £42.

• (3) A request of the type mentioned in paragraph (1) must not be considered unless it is accompanied by the prescribed fee.

Signed

James Brokenshire — Minister of State — Home Office — 18th March 2015

We consent

Alun Cairns — David Evennett — Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury — 19th March 2015

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations prescribe the fee to be paid to the Home Office for conducting, at the request of applicants, preliminary assessments in order to establish factors relevant to the suitability of such applicants for membership (and continuing membership) of the Global Entry Scheme. The Global Entry Scheme is a scheme operated by and on behalf of the United States government, by which members are provided with certain benefits including expedited entry into the United States.

These assessments are undertaken by the Home Office pursuant to an arrangement made between the Home Office and the United States government. The fee is payable by the person wishing to apply for membership of the Global Entry Scheme, when making an application to the Home Office requesting conduct of the assessments described above.

The amount of the specified fee is intended to reflect, but not to exceed, the administrative costs incurred by the Home Office in the course of conducting such assessments.

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: In pursuance of section 56(1) of the Finance Act 1973 (c. 51).

[^f00002]: 1973 c. 51.