Section 57 Extent

(1)

Subject to the following provisions of this section, this Act extends to—

(a)

England and Wales,

(b)

Scotland, and

(c)

Northern Ireland.

(2)

F1Section 23 (investigations and detention: England and Wales and Northern Ireland) F2extends to England and Wales and Northern Ireland only.

(3)

An amendment, modification or repeal by this Act has the same extent as the enactment or relevant part of the enactment to which it relates (ignoring extent by virtue of an Order in Council under any of the Immigration Acts).

(4)

Subsection (3) does not apply to—

(a)

the amendments made by section 52 (detention at ports in Scotland);

(b)

the amendment made by section 54 (trafficking people for exploitation), which extends to England and Wales and Northern Ireland only.

C1(5)

Her Majesty may by Order in Council provide for any of the provisions of this Act, other than any provision of Part 1 (border functions) or section 53 (transfer of certain immigration judicial review applications), to extend, with or without modifications, to any of the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man.

(6)

Subsection (5) does not apply in relation to the extension to a place of a provision which extends there by virtue of subsection (3).

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Word in s. 57(2) substituted (10.2.2026) by The Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (Application to Immigration Officers and Designated Customs Officials in Northern Ireland) and Consequential Amendments Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/117), regs. 1(2), 32(4)(a)
F2: Word in s. 57(2) substituted (10.2.2026) by The Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (Application to Immigration Officers and Designated Customs Officials in Northern Ireland) and Consequential Amendments Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/117), regs. 1(2), 32(4)(b)

Modifications

C1: S. 57(5) power extended (28.4.2022) by Nationality and Borders Act 2022 (c. 36), ss. 86(5)(6)(k), 87(3)(c)