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The Immigration Act 2016 (Transitional Provision) Regulations 2016

S.I. 2016/712 · Made 5 July 2016

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Immigration

Made 5th July 2016

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 92(1) of the Immigration Act 2016f1, makes the following Regulations:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2016 c. 19.

Contents

  1. 1Citation
  2. 2Offence of illegal working: transitional provision
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation

These Regulations may be cited as the Immigration Act 2016 (Transitional Provision) Regulations 2016.

2Offence of illegal working: transitional provision

Where a person is at large in the United Kingdom by virtue of paragraph 21(1) of Schedule 2 to the Immigration Act 1971f1 (temporary admission or release from detention)—

(a)

the person is to be treated for the purposes of section 24B(2) of the Immigration Act 1971f2 as if the person had been granted leave to enter the United Kingdom, but

(b)

any restriction as to employment imposed under paragraph 21(2) is to be treated for those purposes as a condition of leave.

Signature

James Brokenshire

Minister of State

Home Office

5th July 2016

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations make transitional provision in connection with the coming into force of the offence of illegal working in section 34 of the Immigration Act 2016. Section 34 of the Immigration Act 2016 inserts the offence of illegal working into the Immigration Act 1971 as section 24B.

The concepts of temporary admission and release from detention are being replaced by the concept of immigration bail by section 61 of the Immigration Act 2016, which is yet to be commenced. In the interim period, regulation 2 ensures that those persons on temporary admission or release from detention with permission to work do not commit the offence of illegal working, provided that they comply with any restrictions as to their employment.