Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. II (ss. 32-43) modified (7.2.2001 for certain purposes and otherwise 1.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/280, arts. 1, 2 (with art. 5)
Valid from 14/11/2002
(1)The Secretary of State shall issue a code of practice specifying matters to be considered in determining the amount of a penalty under section 32.
(2)The Secretary of State shall have regard to the code (in addition to any other matters he thinks relevant)—
(a)when imposing a penalty under section 32, and
(b)when considering a notice of objection under section 35(4).
(3)Before issuing the code the Secretary of State shall lay a draft before Parliament.
(4)After laying the draft code before Parliament the Secretary of State may bring the code into operation by order.
(5)The Secretary of State may from time to time revise the whole or any part of the code and issue the code as revised.
(6)Subsections (3) and (4) also apply to a revision or proposed revision of the code.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 32A inserted (14.11.2002 for certain purposes, 8.12.2002 for certain further purposes and otherwise prosp.) by Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (c. 41), ss. 125, 162(1), Sch. 8 para. 3 (with s. 159); S.I. 2002/2811, art. 2, Sch. (with art. 4)