{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/border-security-asylum-and-immigration-act-2025/section-60",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/border-security-asylum-and-immigration-act-2025/section-60.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2025/31",
  "legislation_title": "Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/border-security-asylum-and-immigration-act-2025",
  "path": "section/60",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "60",
  "heading": "Validation of fees charged in relation to qualifications",
  "text": "(1) A fee charged at any time before the day on which this Act is passed by a person to whom this section applies is taken to have been lawfully charged if condition A, B or C is met.\n(2) Condition A is that the fee was charged in connection with services relating to the comparability, recognition or assessment for immigration or nationality purposes of a UK qualification or a non-UK qualification.\n(3) Condition B is that the fee was charged in connection with services relating to the comparability, recognition or assessment of a non-UK qualification obtained by a person where—\n(a) the person was employed or seeking employment with an early years provider within the meaning of Part 3 of the Childcare Act 2006, and\n(b) the status of the person’s non-UK qualification was relevant to the welfare requirements imposed on early years providers under section 39(1)(b) of that Act.\n(4) Condition C is that the fee was charged in connection with—\n(a) the provision of a service pursuant to an international agreement or arrangement requiring services to be provided relating to—\n(i) the comparability, recognition or assessment of UK qualifications or non-UK qualifications, or\n(ii) the provision of information or advice about such qualifications or the systems for awarding them, or\n(b) any associated services provided by a person providing services mentioned in paragraph (a).\n(5) This section applies to—\n(a) the Secretary of State, and\n(b) a person other than the Secretary of State who charged the fee pursuant to arrangements between that person and the Secretary of State.\n(6) In this section—\n“fee” includes charge;\n“non-UK qualification” means a qualification issued by a body located outside the United Kingdom;\n“UK qualification” means a qualification issued by a body located in the United Kingdom.\n(7) This section binds the Crown.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 60 in force at Royal Assent, see s. 65(3)(d)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2025/31/section/60",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:45:39.392016+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."
}