Article 2 Commencement

The following provisions of the 2007 Act shall come into force on 31st January 2008—

(a)

sections 1 to 4 (detention at ports);

(b)

sections 5 to 8 (biometric registration: regulations);

(c)

section 10 (biometric registration: objection to penalty) for the purposes of making an order under subsections (2) and (4);

(d)

section 11 (biometric registration: appeal in respect of penalty) for the purposes of making rules under subsection (6);

(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);

(f)

sections 14 and 15 (biometric registration: prescribed matters and interpretation);

(g)

subject to article 3, section 16 (conditional leave to enter or remain);

(h)

section 18 (support for asylum-seekers: enforcement);

(i)

section 20 (fees);

(j)

sections 22 and 23 (assaulting an immigration officer: offence and power of arrest);

(k)

subject to article 4, section 26 (disposal of property) for the purposes of making regulations under subsection (5);

(l)

sections 29 to 31 (facilitation and trafficking);

(m)

sections 40 to 43 (supply and wrongful disclosure of information); and

(n)

in the Schedule (repeals) the entries relating to—

(i)

the Immigration Act 1971^f1;

(ii)

the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999^f2;

(iii)

section 130 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002^f3;

(iv)

the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005^f4; and

(v)

the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006^f5.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1971 c. 77.
f2: 1999 c. 33.
f3: 2002 c. 41.
f4: 2005 c. 11.
f5: 2006 c. 13.