{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-act-2014-commencement-no-1-transitory-and-saving-provisions-order-2014/article-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2014/1820",
  "legislation_title": "The Immigration Act 2014 (Commencement No. 1, Transitory and Saving Provisions) Order 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-act-2014-commencement-no-1-transitory-and-saving-provisions-order-2014",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Provisions coming into force on 28th July 2014",
  "text": "The day appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Act is 28th July 2014—\n(a) section 2 (restriction on removal of children and their parents etc);\n(b) section 3 (Independent Family Returns Panel);\n(c) section 4 (enforcement powers);\n(d) section 5 (restrictions on detention of unaccompanied children);\n(e) section 6 (pre-departure accommodation for families);\n(f) section 7(1), (2) and (5) (immigration bail: repeat applications and effect of removal directions);\n(g) section 8 (provision of biometric information with immigration applications);\n(h) section 9 (identifying persons liable to detention);\n(i) section 10 (provision of biometric information with citizenship applications);\n(j) section 11 (biometric immigration documents);\n(k) section 12 (meaning of “biometric information”);\n(l) section 13 (safeguards for children);\n(m) section 14 (use and retention of biometric information);\n(n) section 17(1) and (3) (certification of human rights claims made by persons liable to deportation);\n(o) section 19 (Article 8 of the ECHR: public interest considerations);\n(p) section 44 (appeals against penalty notices);\n(q) section 45 (recovery of sums payable under penalty notices);\n(r) section 63 (immigration advisers and immigration service providers) so far as it is necessary for the purpose of the provisions listed in sub-paragraph (aa);\n(s) section 64 (Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland);\n(t) section 66 (deprivation if conduct seriously prejudicial to vital interests of the UK);\n(u) section 67 (embarkation checks);\n(v) section 70 (power to charge fees for attendance services in particular cases);\n(w) section 71 (duty regarding the welfare of children);\n(x) section 73(6) (transitional and consequential provision) so far as it is necessary for the purpose of the provisions listed in sub-paragraph (cc);\n(y) Schedule 1 (enforcement powers);\n(z) Schedule 2 (meaning of biometric information);\n(aa) paragraph 6 of Schedule 7 (inspection of registered persons);\n(bb) Schedule 8 (embarkation checks); and\n(cc) paragraphs 2, 8, 10(1) and (3), 11 to 16 and 32 and Parts 5 and 10 of Schedule 9.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 3 in force at made date"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/1820/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:10:13.443028+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."
}