{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-act-2016-commencement-no-1-regulations-2016/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-act-2016-commencement-no-1-regulations-2016/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2016/603",
  "legislation_title": "The Immigration Act 2016 (Commencement No. 1) Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-act-2016-commencement-no-1-regulations-2016",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Provisions coming into force on 12th July 2016",
  "text": "The day appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Immigration Act 2016 is 12th July 2016—\n(a) sections 1 to 9 (Director of Labour Market Enforcement);\n(b) sections 10 to 13 (Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority);\n(c) section 25 (code of practice);\n(d) sections 31 to 33 (supplementary provision);\n(e) section 34 (offence of illegal working);\n(f) section 35 (offence of employing illegal worker);\n(g) sections 46 to 53 (powers of immigration officers etc.);\n(h) section 55 (supply of information to Secretary of State);\n(i) section 56 (detention etc. by immigration officers in Scotland);\n(j) section 57 (powers to take fingerprints etc. from dependants);\n(k) section 58 (interpretation of Part 3);\n(l) section 59 (guidance on detention of vulnerable persons);\n(m) section 60 (limitation on detention of pregnant women);\n(n) section 76 (persons excluded from the United Kingdom under international obligations);\n(o) section 86 (power to make passport fees regulations);\n(p) section 87 (passport fees regulations: supplemental);\n(q) section 88 (power to charge for passport validation services);\n(r) section 89 (civil registration fees);\n(s) Schedule 1 (persons to whom Director etc. may disclose information);\n(t) Schedule 2 (functions in relation to labour market);\n(u) Schedule 3 (consequential and related amendments);\n(v) Schedule 9 (duty to supply nationality documents to Secretary of State: persons to whom duty applies); and\n(w) Schedule 15 (civil registration fees).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/603/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:23:13.970534+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."
}