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The Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (Commencement No. 17) Order 2023

S.I. 2023/34 · Made 12 January 2023

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Immigration

Made 12th January 2023

The Secretary of State makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 170(4) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999f1.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1999 c. 33; relevant amendments were made by Schedule 8 to the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (c. 41) and Schedule 5 to the Nationality and Borders Act 2022 (c. 36) (“the 2022 Act”).

Contents

  1. 1Citation and extent
  2. 2Provisions coming into force on 13th February 2023
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and extent

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (Commencement No. 17) Order 2023.

(2)

This Order extends to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

2Provisions coming into force on 13th February 2023

(1)

To the extent they are not already in force, sections 31A, 32 and 34 to 37 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999f1 (penalties for failure to secure goods vehicle and for carrying clandestine entrants) come into force on 13th February 2023 for the purposes mentioned in paragraph (2).

(2)

Those purposes are—

(a)

the imposition of a penalty under section 31A of the 1999 Act (penalty for failure to secure goods vehicle etc)f2; and

(b)

related matters as set out in sections 31A to 37 and section 43 of the 1999 Act in relation to the imposition of penalties in so far as they relate to purposes set out in sub-paragraph (a).

Signature

Robert Jenrick

Minister of State

Home Office

12th January 2023

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order is the 17th commencement order made under the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (“the 1999 Act”).

This Order brings into force sections 31A, 32 and 34 to 37 of the 1999 Act on 13th February 2023, in respect of penalties imposed under section 31A of the 1999 Act. Provision is also made for matters related to such penalties.