{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/asylum-and-immigration-treatment-of-claimants-etc-act-2004/section-6",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2004/19",
  "legislation_title": "Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc. ) Act 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/asylum-and-immigration-treatment-of-claimants-etc-act-2004",
  "path": "section/6",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Employment",
  "text": "(1) For section 8(4) of the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996 (c. 49) (employment: penalty) substitute—\n“(4) A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable—\n(a) on conviction on indictment, to a fine, or\n(b) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum.”\n(2) Section 8(9) of that Act (extension of time limit for prosecution) shall cease to have effect.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 6 in force at 1.10.2004 by S.I. 2004/2523, art. 2, Sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/19/section/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:17:07.336323+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}