Sch 21 para 8
(1) Section 34 (grant of authorisations in the senior officer's absence) is amended in accordance with this paragraph. (2) In subsection (1)(a), after “Customs” insert “ or an immigration officer ” . (3) In subsection (2)(a), after “Customs” insert “ or the Secretary of State ” . (4) In subsection (4), after paragraph (l) insert— (la) a person is entitled to act for a person who is a senior authorising officer by virtue of a designation under section 32(6)(ma), if the person is a senior official in the department of the Secretary of State by whom functions relating to immigration are exercisable who is designated for the purposes of this paragraph by the Secretary of State as a person entitled so to act in an urgent case;