{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/illegal-migration-act-2023-commencement-no-1-regulations-2023/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/illegal-migration-act-2023-commencement-no-1-regulations-2023/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2023/989",
  "legislation_title": "The Illegal Migration Act 2023 (Commencement No. 1) Regulations 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/illegal-migration-act-2023-commencement-no-1-regulations-2023",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Provisions of the Illegal Migration Act 2023 coming into force on 28th September 2023",
  "text": "The following provisions of the Illegal Migration Act 2023 come into force on 28th September 2023—\n(a) section 12 (period for which persons may be detained);\n(b) section 15 and the following paragraphs of Schedule 2 (electronic devices etc), for the purpose of making regulations—\n(i) paragraph 8 (power of retention);\n(ii) paragraph 10 (relevant articles containing items subject to legal privilege);\n(iii) paragraph 11 (extension of powers to other persons);\n(c) section 59 (inadmissibility of certain asylum and human rights claims), for the purpose of making regulations;\n(d) section 60 (cap on number of entrants using safe and legal routes), so far as not already in force;\n(e) section 61 (report on safe and legal routes);\n(f) section 62 (credibility of claimant: concealment of information etc).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "By virtue of section 68(4)(l) of the Illegal Migration Act 2023, section 60(7) of that Act came into force on 20th July 2023 for the purposes of making regulations."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/989/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:40:46.805132+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."
}