{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-act-2014/section-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-act-2014/section-16.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2014/22",
  "legislation_title": "Immigration Act 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-act-2014",
  "path": "section/16",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Report by Chief Inspector on administrative review",
  "text": "(1) Before the end of the period of 12 months beginning on the day on which section 15 comes into force, the Secretary of State must commission from the Chief Inspector a report that addresses the following matters—\n(a) the effectiveness of administrative review in identifying case working errors;\n(b) the effectiveness of administrative review in correcting case working errors;\n(c) the independence of persons conducting administrative review (in terms of their separation from the original decision-maker).\n(2) On completion of the report, the Chief Inspector must send it to the Secretary of State.\n(3) The Secretary of State must lay before Parliament a copy of the report received under subsection (2).\n(4) In this section—\n“administrative review” means review conducted under the immigration rules;\n“case working error” has the meaning given in the immigration rules;\nthe “Chief Inspector” means the Chief Inspector established under section 48 of the UK Borders Act 2007;\n“immigration rules” has the same meaning as in the Immigration Act 1971.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 16 in force at 20.10.2014 by S.I. 2014/2771, art. 4(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/22/section/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:07:34.341350+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."
}