Search Legislation

Advanced Search

UK Borders Act 2007

Section 28: Employment: search for personnel records

94.The current offence of employing an illegal worker (section 8 of the Asylum & Immigration Act 1996) will be replaced by a regime of civil penalties for employers and a new offence of knowingly employing an illegal worker (sections 15-21 of the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006). Section 8 of the 1996 Act will be repealed upon the commencement of sections 15-21 of the 2006 Act. This section introduces an express power to search for personnel records in connection with an offence under section 21 of the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006.

Back to top

Options/Help

Print Options

Close

Explanatory Notes

Text created by the government department responsible for the subject matter of the Act to explain what the Act sets out to achieve and to make the Act accessible to readers who are not legally qualified. Explanatory Notes were introduced in 1999 and accompany all Public Acts except Appropriation, Consolidated Fund, Finance and Consolidation Acts.

Close

More Resources

Access essential accompanying documents and information for this legislation item from this tab. Dependent on the legislation item being viewed this may include:

  • the original print PDF of the as enacted version that was used for the print copy
  • lists of changes made by and/or affecting this legislation item
  • confers power and blanket amendment details
  • all formats of all associated documents
  • correction slips
  • links to related legislation and further information resources