It was established as a statutory agency by an Act of the Gibraltar Parliament and has been operating since 1 November 2011.

[3] Its role is to act as the main Gibraltar authority for aviation, maritime and land travel security and immigration.

[4] Gibraltar has an airport and a sea port, and shares a land border with Spain.

The duties of the Borders and Coastguard Agency are carried out by uniformed officers.

Officers wear a typical British police-type agency uniform: