{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/uk-borders-act-2007/section-13",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/uk-borders-act-2007/section-13.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2007/30",
  "legislation_title": "UK Borders Act 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/uk-borders-act-2007",
  "path": "section/13",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": "Penalty: code of practice",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State shall issue a code of practice setting out the matters to be considered in determining—\n(a) whether to give a penalty notice under section 9(1), and\n(b) the amount of a penalty.\n(2) The code may, in particular, require the Secretary of State to consider any decision taken by virtue of section 7.\n(3) A court or the sheriff shall, when considering an appeal under section 11, have regard to the code.\n(4) The Secretary of State may revise and re-issue the code.\n(5) Before issuing or re-issuing the code the Secretary of State must—\n(a) publish proposals,\n(b) consult members of the public, and\n(c) lay a draft before Parliament.\n(6) The code (or re-issued code) shall come into force at the prescribed time.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Ss. 5-15 extended (Jersey) (with modifications) (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(1) of the amending S.I.) by The Immigration (Biometric Registration) (Jersey) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/619), arts. 1(1), 2, Sch. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 13 extended (Guernsey) (with modifications) (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(1) of the amending S.I.) by The Immigration (Guernsey) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1560), arts. 1(1), 4, Sch. 3, Sch. 3A"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 13 in force at 31.1.2008 for specified purposes by S.I. 2008/99, art. 2(e)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 13 in force at 25.11.2008 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2008/2822, art. 2(e)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/30/section/13",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:12:20.236890+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."
}