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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-biometric-registration-civil-penalty-code-of-practice-order-2015/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2015/565",
  "legislation_title": "The Immigration (Biometric Registration) (Civil Penalty Code of Practice) Order 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-biometric-registration-civil-penalty-code-of-practice-order-2015",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Immigration\nMade 4th March 2015\nLaid before Parliament 9th March 2015\nComing into force 31st March 2015\nThe Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 13(6) and 14(1) and (2) of the UK Borders Act 2007.\nIn accordance with section 13(5) of that Act, the Secretary of State published proposals for a revised code of practice under that section, consulted with members of the public, and laid the draft of that code before Parliament on 3rd March 2015.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2007 c. 30."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "To replace the code of practice brought into force by the Immigration (Biometric Registration) (Civil Penalty Code of Practice) Order 2008, S.I. 2008/3049."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/565/introduction",
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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."
}