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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/uk-borders-act-2007-commencement-no-1-and-transitional-provisions-order-2008/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2008/99",
  "legislation_title": "The UK Borders Act 2007 (Commencement No. 1 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/uk-borders-act-2007-commencement-no-1-and-transitional-provisions-order-2008",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Commencement",
  "text": "The following provisions of the 2007 Act shall come into force on 31st January 2008—\n(a) sections 1 to 4 (detention at ports);\n(b) sections 5 to 8 (biometric registration: regulations);\n(c) section 10 (biometric registration: objection to penalty) for the purposes of making an order under subsections (2) and (4);\n(d) section 11 (biometric registration: appeal in respect of penalty) for the purposes of making rules under subsection (6);\n(e) section 13 for the purposes of issuing a code of practice under subsection (1) and making an order under subsection (6) (biometric registration: code of practice regarding penalty);\n(f) sections 14 and 15 (biometric registration: prescribed matters and interpretation);\n(g) subject to article 3, section 16 (conditional leave to enter or remain);\n(h) section 18 (support for asylum-seekers: enforcement);\n(i) section 20 (fees);\n(j) sections 22 and 23 (assaulting an immigration officer: offence and power of arrest);\n(k) subject to article 4, section 26 (disposal of property) for the purposes of making regulations under subsection (5);\n(l) sections 29 to 31 (facilitation and trafficking);\n(m) sections 40 to 43 (supply and wrongful disclosure of information); and\n(n) in the Schedule (repeals) the entries relating to—\n(i) the Immigration Act 1971;\n(ii) the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999;\n(iii) section 130 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002;\n(iv) the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005; and\n(v) the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1971 c. 77."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1999 c. 33."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "2002 c. 41."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "2005 c. 11."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "2006 c. 13."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/99/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:37:44.396631+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."
}