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  "legislation": "ukpga/2016/19",
  "legislation_title": "Immigration Act 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-act-2016",
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  "number": null,
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  "text": "This is the new Schedule A1 to the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 referred to in section 55—\n“SCHEDULE A1\nPersons to whom section 20A applies\nSection 20A\nLaw enforcement\n1 The chief officer of police for a police area in England and Wales.\n2 The chief constable of the Police Service of Scotland.\n3 The Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland.\n4 The Chief Constable of the British Transport Police Force.\n5 A Port Police Force established under an order made under section 14 of the Harbours Act 1964.\n6 The Port Police Force established under Part 10 of the Port of London Act 1968.\n7 A Port Police Force established under section 79 of the Harbours, Docks and Piers Clauses Act 1847.\n8 The National Crime Agency.\nLocal government\n9 A county council or district council in England.\n10 A London borough council.\n11 The Greater London Authority.\n12 The Common Council of the City of London in its capacity as a local authority.\n13 The Council of the Isles of Scilly.\n14 A county council or a county borough council in Wales.\n15 A council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc (Scotland) Act 1994.\n16 A district council in Northern Ireland.\nRegulatory bodies\n17 The Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority.\n18 The Security Industry Authority.\nHealth bodies\n19 An NHS trust established under section 25 of the National Health Service Act 2006 or under section 18 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006.\n20 An NHS foundation trust within the meaning given by section 30 of the National Health Service Act 2006.\n21 A Local Health Board established under section 11 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006.\n22 A National Health Service Trust established under section 12A of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978.\n23 A Health and Social Care trust established under Article 10 of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 (SI 1991/194 (NI 1)).\nEducation bodies\n24 The proprietor of a school or 16 to 19 Academy within the meaning of the Education Act 1996 (see sections 4 and 579(1) of that Act).\n25 The governing body of an institution within the further education sector within the meaning of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (see sections 90 and 91 of that Act).\n26 The governing body of a qualifying institution within the meaning of Part 2 of the Higher Education Act 2004 (see sections 11 and 21 of that Act).\n27 The proprietor or governing body of a school within the meaning of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980 (see section 135(1) of that Act).\n28 The proprietor or governing body of a post-16 education body within the meaning of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 2005 (see section 35 of that Act).\n29 The proprietor of a school within the meaning of the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (SI 1986/594 (NI 3)) (see Article 2(2) of that Order).\n30 The governing body of an institution of further education within the meaning of the Further Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 (SI 1997/1772 (NI 15)) (see Article 2(2) of that Order).\n31 The governing body of a higher education institution as defined by Article 30(3) of the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1993 (SI 1993/2810 (NI 12)).\nRegistration officials\n32 The Registrar General for England and Wales.\n33 A superintendent registrar of births, deaths and marriages.\n34 A registrar of births, deaths and marriages.\n35 A civil partnership registrar within the meaning of Chapter 1 of Part 2 of the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (see section 29 of that Act).\n36 The Registrar General for Scotland.\n37 A district registrar within the meaning of section 7 of the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1965.\n38 A senior registrar within the meaning of that section.\n39 An assistant registrar within the meaning of that section.\n40 The Registrar General for Northern Ireland.\n41 A person appointed under Article 31(1) or (3) of the Marriage (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 (SI 2003/413 (NI 3)).\n42 A person appointed under section 152(1) or (3) of the Civil Partnership Act 2004.\nOther bodies: Northern Ireland\n43 The Northern Ireland Housing Executive.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 9 in force at 12.7.2016 by S.I. 2016/603, reg. 3(v)"
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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