{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-act-2016-commencement-no-2-and-transitional-provisions-regulations-2016/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2016/1037",
  "legislation_title": "The Immigration Act 2016 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-act-2016-commencement-no-2-and-transitional-provisions-regulations-2016",
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  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations bring into force specified provisions of the Immigration Act 2016 (“the 2016 Act”) and make transitional provision in connection with the coming into force of those provisions.\nRegulation 2 sets out the provisions which will come into force on 1st November 2016. Sections 39, 40 and 45 of, and Schedule 7 to, the 2016 Act will come into force on that date for the limited purpose of making subordinate legislation. The provisions of the 2016 Act relating to language requirements for public sector workers will come into force on 21st November 2016 in accordance with regulation 3 and the remaining provisions of the 2016 Act relating to labour market enforcement undertakings and orders which are not already in force will come into force on 25th November 2016 in accordance with regulation 4. Regulation 5 sets out the provisions which will come into force on 1st December 2016, including sections 39 and 40, which are brought into force for all remaining purposes on that date.\nRegulation 6 makes transitional provision in connection with the coming into force of the provisions relating to private hire vehicles in section 37 of, and Schedule 5 to, the 2016 Act and pending the introduction of immigration bail by virtue of section 61 of the 2016 Act, which is yet to be commenced. In particular, regulation 6 ensures that those who may be on temporary admission or release from detention are not disqualified from driving a hackney carriage or carrying on a licensable activity, provided that they comply with any restrictions as to their employment, which are treated for these purposes as conditions of leave. Regulation 7 makes similar provision in connection with the coming into force of the provisions relating to illegal working closure notices in section 38 of, and Schedule 6 to, the 2016 Act, to ensure that those who are on temporary admission or release from detention do not constitute “illegal workers”, provided that they comply with any restrictions as to employment which may be imposed as a condition of their temporary admission or release.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/1037/note",
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  "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."
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