{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-restrictions-on-employment-order-2007/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2007/3290",
  "legislation_title": "The Immigration (Restrictions on Employment) Order 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-restrictions-on-employment-order-2007",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "IMMIGRATION\nMade 15th November 2007\nLaid before Parliament 22nd November 2007\nComing into force 29th February 2008\nThe Secretary of State makes the following order, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 15(3), 15(7), 16(3), 16(5), 19(2), 23(3) and 25(d) of the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006.\nIn accordance with section 19(2)(a) of that Act a draft code of practice specifying factors to be considered by the Secretary of State in determining the amount of a penalty imposed under section 15 has been laid before Parliament.\nIn accordance with section 23(2) of that Act the Secretary of State has consulted those bodies specified in section 23(2)(a) about a code specifying what an employer should or should not do to avoid contravention of the Race Relations Act 1976 or the Race Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1997, published a draft code, considered representations made about the published draft code and has laid a draft code before Parliament, after modifying the code to reflect the representations.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2006 c.13."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1976 c 74."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 869 (N.I. 6)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/3290/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-12T03:39:49.866675+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."
}