text: SCHEDULE 13  Regulation 18(3) 
  
  Prohibition on the arrival of aircraft and vessels into England 
  
  **Interpretation of this Schedule**
  
  **1.**—(1) In this Schedule— 
  
  “controller” means— 
  (a) in relation to a commercially operated aircraft or vessel, the person who has management 
  control over the aircraft or vessel when it arrives in England, 
  
  (b) in relation to any other aircraft or vessel, the person who has physical control over the 
  
  aircraft or vessel when it arrives in England; 
  
  “passenger” means a person carried in or on an aircraft or vessel other than a member of the 
  aircraft or vessel’s crew; 
  “port” has the same meaning as in the Merchant Shipping Act 1995(**a**). 
  (2) In the definition of “controller” in sub-paragraph (1) “arrives” means— 
  
  (a) in relation to an aircraft, lands; 
  (b) in relation to a vessel, moors at a port. 
  
  **Prohibition on arrival of aircraft into England**
  
  **2.**—(1) A controller must not cause or permit an aircraft whose last point of departure was in a 
  
  country or territory listed in paragraph 4 to land in England unless— 
  
  (a) landing in England is reasonably necessary to secure the safety of the aircraft or the 
  
  health and safety of any person aboard it; 
  
  (b) the landing is only for the purpose of refuelling, or aircraft maintenance, and no 
  passengers are permitted to board, or disembark from, the aircraft; or 
  
  (c) the aircraft is an air ambulance and landing for the purpose of transporting a person for 
  
  medical treatment. 
  
  (2) This paragraph does not apply in relation to— 
  
  (a) a commercially operated aircraft carrying no passengers; 
  (b) an aircraft operated by or in support of Her Majesty’s Government in the United 
  Kingdom; 
  
  (c) an aircraft operated by or in support of a foreign country or territory where, prior to its 
  arrival in England, a United Kingdom Government Department has provided written 
  confirmation to the operator that the aircraft is carrying passengers who are travelling to 
  conduct official business with the United Kingdom. 