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<Pnumber>
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<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="key-dd802f3312cc6d02ceb1cd8a452c63b5-1476216281558" CommentaryRef="key-dd802f3312cc6d02ceb1cd8a452c63b5">has ceased to have effect (whether by reason of curtailment, revocation, cancellation, passage of time or otherwise), or</Addition>
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</P4>
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<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="key-dd802f3312cc6d02ceb1cd8a452c63b5-1476216281558" CommentaryRef="key-dd802f3312cc6d02ceb1cd8a452c63b5">iii</Addition>
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<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="key-dd802f3312cc6d02ceb1cd8a452c63b5-1476216281558" CommentaryRef="key-dd802f3312cc6d02ceb1cd8a452c63b5">is subject to a condition preventing the person from accepting the employment.</Addition>
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</P3>
</P2para>
</P2>
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<Pnumber>2</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable—</Text>
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<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
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<Text>on conviction on indictment—</Text>
<P4 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/13/section/21/2/a/i" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/13/section/21/2/a/i" id="section-21-2-a-i">
<Pnumber>i</Pnumber>
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<Text>
to imprisonment for a term not exceeding
<Substitution ChangeId="key-f56e76ce432f059bc165a8a525bff99e-1476216498179" CommentaryRef="key-f56e76ce432f059bc165a8a525bff99e">five</Substitution>
years,
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</P4>
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<Pnumber>ii</Pnumber>
<P4para>
<Text>to a fine, or</Text>
</P4para>
</P4>
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<Pnumber>iii</Pnumber>
<P4para>
<Text>to both, or</Text>
</P4para>
</P4>
</P3para>
</P3>
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<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>on summary conviction—</Text>
<P4 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/13/section/21/2/b/i" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/13/section/21/2/b/i" id="section-21-2-b-i">
<Pnumber>i</Pnumber>
<P4para>
<Text>
to imprisonment for a term not exceeding
<Substitution ChangeId="key-7c1469c23ae6f440e4534f19f363a376-1677594734539" CommentaryRef="key-4f94951396a39fc3c041bfc0b04c6902">the general limit in a magistrates’ court</Substitution>
in England and Wales or 6 months in Scotland or Northern Ireland,
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</P4para>
</P4>
<P4 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/13/section/21/2/b/ii" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/13/section/21/2/b/ii" id="section-21-2-b-ii">
<Pnumber>ii</Pnumber>
<P4para>
<Text>to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or</Text>
</P4para>
</P4>
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<Pnumber>iii</Pnumber>
<P4para>
<Text>to both.</Text>
</P4para>
</P4>
</P3para>
</P3>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/13/section/21/3" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/13/section/21/3" id="section-21-3">
<Pnumber>3</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>An offence under this section shall be treated as—</Text>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/13/section/21/3/a" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/13/section/21/3/a" id="section-21-3-a">
<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>a relevant offence for the purpose of sections 28B and 28D of the Immigration Act 1971 (c. 77) (search, entry and arrest), and</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/13/section/21/3/b" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/13/section/21/3/b" id="section-21-3-b">
<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>an offence under Part III of that Act (criminal proceedings) for the purposes of sections 28E, 28G and 28H (search after arrest).</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/13/section/21/3A" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/13/section/21/3A" id="section-21-3A">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="key-68e890441efd1ad1c703f13c5a37d014-1682343261374" CommentaryRef="key-68e890441efd1ad1c703f13c5a37d014">3A</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="key-68e890441efd1ad1c703f13c5a37d014-1682343261374" CommentaryRef="key-68e890441efd1ad1c703f13c5a37d014">Proceedings for an offence under this section that is committed in the territorial sea adjacent to the United Kingdom may be taken, and the offence may for all incidental purposes be treated as having been committed, in any place in the United Kingdom.</Addition>
</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/13/section/21/3B" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/13/section/21/3B" id="section-21-3B">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="key-68e890441efd1ad1c703f13c5a37d014-1682343261374" CommentaryRef="key-68e890441efd1ad1c703f13c5a37d014">3B</Addition>
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<P2para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="key-68e890441efd1ad1c703f13c5a37d014-1682343261374" CommentaryRef="key-68e890441efd1ad1c703f13c5a37d014">Section 3 of the Territorial Waters Jurisdiction Act 1878 (consent of Secretary of State for certain prosecutions) does not apply to proceedings for an offence under this section.</Addition>
</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/13/section/21/4" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/13/section/21/4" id="section-21-4">
<Pnumber>4</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
In relation to a conviction occurring before
<Substitution ChangeId="key-a8ace754b41c85db5a449441bd56534e-1658237102346" CommentaryRef="key-a8ace754b41c85db5a449441bd56534e">2 May 2022</Substitution>
the reference to
<Substitution ChangeId="key-4f94951396a39fc3c041bfc0b04c6902-1677594755184" CommentaryRef="key-7c1469c23ae6f440e4534f19f363a376">the general limit in a magistrates’ court</Substitution>
in subsection (2)(b)(i) shall be taken as a reference to 6 months.
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<Commentary id="key-80d49b10a3dffb73434999fc6b31fa77" Type="I">
<Para>
<Text>
S. 21 in force at 29.2.2008 by
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,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="cwhopajj1-00048" id="cwhopajj1-00049" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2008/310/article/2/1/b" SectionRef="article-2-1-b" Operative="true">art. 2(1)(b)</CitationSubRef>
(with
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)
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="key-dd802f3312cc6d02ceb1cd8a452c63b5" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
S. 21(1A)(1B) inserted (12.7.2016) by
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,
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,
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;
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,
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</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="key-a9d61408b5d5829bfc2fc804d345ddd8" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
Words in s. 21(1) substituted (12.7.2016) by
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,
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,
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;
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,
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</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="key-f56e76ce432f059bc165a8a525bff99e" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
Word in s. 21(2)(a)(i) substituted (12.7.2016) by
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,
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,
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;
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,
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</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="key-a8ace754b41c85db5a449441bd56534e" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
Words in
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substituted (28.4.2022) by
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,
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,
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,
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</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="key-7c1469c23ae6f440e4534f19f363a376" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
Words in
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substituted (7.2.2023 at 12.00 p.m.) by
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,
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,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="cwalmeoo4-00008" id="cwalmeoo4-00010" SectionRef="regulation-2-1" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2023/149/regulation/2/1">2(1)</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="cwalmeoo4-00008" id="cwalmeoo4-00011" SectionRef="schedule-part-1" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2023/149/schedule/part/1" Operative="true">Sch. Pt. 1</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="key-4f94951396a39fc3c041bfc0b04c6902" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
Words in
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substituted (7.2.2023 at 12.00 p.m.) by
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,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="cwalmeoo4-00019" id="cwalmeoo4-00020" SectionRef="regulation-1-2" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2023/149/regulation/1/2">regs. 1(2)</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="cwalmeoo4-00019" id="cwalmeoo4-00021" SectionRef="regulation-2-1" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2023/149/regulation/2/1">2(1)</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="cwalmeoo4-00019" id="cwalmeoo4-00022" SectionRef="schedule-part-1" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2023/149/schedule/part/1" Operative="true">Sch. Pt. 1</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="key-68e890441efd1ad1c703f13c5a37d014" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="cyh6w92w4-00006" SectionRef="section-21-3A" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/13/section/21/3A">S. 21(3A)</CitationSubRef>
<CitationSubRef id="cyh6w92w4-00007" SectionRef="section-21-3B" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/13/section/21/3B">(3B)</CitationSubRef>
inserted (12.4.2023) by
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,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="cyh6w92w4-00008" id="cyh6w92w4-00009" SectionRef="section-87-1" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2022/36/section/87/1">s. 87(1)</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef CitationRef="cyh6w92w4-00008" id="cyh6w92w4-00010" SectionRef="schedule-6-paragraph-11" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2022/36/schedule/6/paragraph/11" Operative="true">Sch. 6 para. 11</CitationSubRef>
;
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,
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</Text>
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