{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-and-asylum-act-1999/section-32A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-and-asylum-act-1999/section-32A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1999/33",
  "legislation_title": "Immigration and Asylum Act 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-and-asylum-act-1999",
  "path": "section/32A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "32A",
  "heading": "Level of penalty: code of practice",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State shall issue a code of practice specifying matters to be considered in determining the amount of a penalty under section 32.\n(A1) The Secretary of State must issue a code of practice specifying matters to be considered in determining the amount of a penalty under section 31A.\n(B1) The Secretary of State must have regard to the code (in addition to any other matters the Secretary of State thinks relevant)—\n(a) when imposing a penalty under section 31A, and\n(b) when considering a notice of objection under section 35(4) in relation to a penalty under section 31A.\n(2) The Secretary of State shall have regard to the code (in addition to any other matters he thinks relevant)—\n(a) when imposing a penalty under section 32, and\n(b) when considering a notice of objection under section 35(4) in relation to a penalty under section 32 .\n(3) Before issuing the code a code under this section the Secretary of State shall lay a draft before Parliament.\n(4) After laying the draft code a draft code before Parliament the Secretary of State may bring the code into operation by order.\n(5) The Secretary of State may from time to time revise the whole or any part of the code a code under this section and issue the code as revised.\n(6) Subsections (3) and (4) also apply to a revision or proposed revision of the code a code.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 32A inserted (14.11.2002 for specified purposes, 8.12.2002 for specified purposes, 11.5.2012 for specified purposes, 13.2.2023 for specified purposes) by Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (c. 41), ss. 125, 162(1), Sch. 8 para. 3 (with s. 159); S.I. 2002/2811, art. 2, Sch. (with art. 4), S.I. 2012/1263, art. 2; S.I. 2023/32, art. 2(1)(b)(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 32A(A1)(B1) inserted (28.4.2022 for specified purposes, 13.2.2023 for specified purposes) by Nationality and Borders Act 2022 (c. 36), s. 87(1)(4)(c), Sch. 5 para. 5(2); S.I. 2023/33, reg. 2(1)(c)(i)(2) (with reg. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 32A(2)(b) inserted (28.4.2022 for specified purposes, 13.2.2023 for specified purposes) by Nationality and Borders Act 2022 (c. 36), s. 87(1)(4)(c), Sch. 5 para. 5(3); S.I. 2023/33, reg. 2(1)(c)(i)(2) (with reg. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 32A(3) substituted (28.4.2022 for specified purposes, 13.2.2023 for specified purposes) by Nationality and Borders Act 2022 (c. 36), s. 87(1)(4)(c), Sch. 5 para. 5(4); S.I. 2023/33, reg. 2(1)(c)(i)(2) (with reg. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 32A(4) substituted (28.4.2022 for specified purposes, 13.2.2023 for specified purposes) by Nationality and Borders Act 2022 (c. 36), s. 87(1)(4)(c), Sch. 5 para. 5(5); S.I. 2023/33, reg. 2(1)(c)(i)(2) (with reg. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in s. 32A(5) substituted (28.4.2022 for specified purposes, 13.2.2023 for specified purposes) by Nationality and Borders Act 2022 (c. 36), s. 87(1)(4)(c), Sch. 5 para. 5(6); S.I. 2023/33, reg. 2(1)(c)(i)(2) (with reg. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in s. 32A(6) substituted (28.4.2022 for specified purposes, 13.2.2023 for specified purposes) by Nationality and Borders Act 2022 (c. 36), s. 87(1)(4)(c), Sch. 5 para. 5(7); S.I. 2023/33, reg. 2(1)(c)(i)(2) (with reg. 4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/33/section/32A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:21:34.566084+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."
}