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the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999: Civil Penalty: Prevention of Clandestine Entrants: Code of Practice for Vehicles, issued pursuant to section 33 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999^f1 (“the 1999 Act”) and which concerns the practice to be followed by any person operating a system for preventing the carriage of clandestine entrants concealed in vehicles, came into operation on 3rd April 2000^f2;

as a consequence of the Carriers' Liability (Amendment) Regulations 2004^f3, the Secretary of State has revised the said Code of Practice in pursuance of section 33(5) of the 1999 Act;

the Secretary of State has consulted such persons as he considers appropriate about the revised code of practice, in satisfaction of the requirements of sections 33(2) and 33(6) of the 1999 Act; and

in pursuance of section 33(2) and (6) of the 1999 Act the Secretary of State has laid a draft of the revised code of practice before Parliament;