2000 No. 464 (C. 12)
The Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2000
Made
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 170(4) and (5) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 19991, the Secretary of State hereby makes the following Order:
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This Order may be cited as the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2000.
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In this Order “the Act” means the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999.
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The provisions of the Act specified in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order shall come into force on the date specified in column 2 of that Schedule, but where a particular purpose is specified in relation to any such provision in column 3 of that Schedule, the provision concerned shall come into force on that date only for that purpose.
THE SCHEDULE
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
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Section 18 (Passenger information). | 1st March 2000 | For the purposes of enabling subordinate legislation to be made under a provision inserted by it. |
Sections 18 (save as not already in force) and 19 (Notification of non-EEA arrivals). | 3rd April 2000 | |
Sections 32 and 34 to 37 (Clandestine entrants) (save as not already in force2). | 3rd April 2000 | For the purposes of clandestine entrants (within the meaning of section 32(1) of the Act) other than those who:
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Section 38 (Assisting illegal entry and harbouring). | 3rd April 2000 | |
Section 98(3) (Temporary support). | 1st March 2000 | For the purposes of enabling subordinate legislation to be made under section 95 of the Act as applied by section 98(3). |
Section 118 (Housing authority accommodation) (save as not already in force3). | 1st March 2000 | |
Section 119 (Homelessness: Scotland and Northern Ireland) (save as not already in force4). | 1st March 2000 | |
Sections 120 and 121 (Other restrictions on assistance: Scotland and Northern Ireland). | 1st March 2000 | For the purposes of enabling subordinate legislation to be made under section 95 of the Act as applied by any provision inserted by section 120 or 121. |
Section 122 (Support for children). | 1st March 2000 | For the purposes of enabling subordinate legislation to be made under it. |
Part VI (Support for asylum-seekers) (save as not already in force5 and except section 117(5)). | 3rd April 2000 | |
Section 154 (Detainee custody officers). | 3rd April 2000 | Section 154(7) is commenced for the purposes of the provisions of Schedule 11 commenced by this Order. |
Section 169(1) and (3) (minor and consequential amendments and repeals). | 1st March 2000 | So far as relating to the provisions of Schedules 14 and 16 commenced on 1st March 2000 by this Order. |
Section 169(1) and (3) (save as not already in force). | 3rd April 2000 | So far as relating to the provisions of Schedules 14 and 16 commenced on 3rd April 2000 by this Order. |
Schedule 1 (so far as not already in force6). | 3rd April 2000 | For the purposes of section 37 of the Act. |
Paragraphs 1 and 7(1) of Schedule 11 (Detainee custody officers). | 3rd April 2000 | |
Paragraphs 43, 52(1) and (3)(a), 108 and 110 of Schedule 14 (minor provisions and provisions consequential on provisions of the Act commenced by this Order). | 1st March 2000 | Paragraphs 43 and 52(1) are commenced so far as they relate to paragraph 52(3)(a); and paragraph 108 is commenced so far as it relates to paragraph 110. |
Paragraphs 43, 52(1) and (3)(b), 74, 76, 92, 93, 99, 101, 108 and 111 to 113 of Schedule 14 (minor provisions and provisions consequential on provisions of the Act commenced by this Order). | 3rd April 2000 | Paragraphs 43 and 52(1) are commenced so far as they relate to paragraph 52(3)(b); paragraph 99 is commenced so far as it relates to paragraph 101; and paragraph 108 is commenced so far as it relates to paragraphs 111 to 113. |
In Schedule 16 (repeals), the entries relating to section 9 of the Asylum and Immigration Act 19967 and paragraph 3 of Schedule 16 to the Housing Act 19968. | 1st March 2000 | |
In Schedule 16 the entries relating to the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 19929, the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 199210, sections 4 and 5 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Asylum and Immigration Act 199311 and sections 10 and 11 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996. | 3rd April 2000 |
(This note is not part of the Order)
(This note is not part of the Order)
The following provisions of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 have been brought into force on the dates shown by commencement orders before the date of this Order.
Provision | Date of Commencement | S.I.No. |
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Sections 1 and 2 (Leave to enter; leave to remain). | 14th February 2000 | |
Sections 6 and 7 (Members of Missions other than diplomatic agents; Persons ceasing to be exempt). | 1st March 2000 | |
Section 8 (Persons excluded from the United Kingdom under International Obligations). | 1st March 2000 | |
Section 14 (Escorts for persons removed from the United Kingdom under directions). | 1st March 2000 | |
Sections 20 and 21 (Supply of information to and by Secretary of State). | 1st January 2000 | |
Sections 28, 29(1) (in part), (2) and (4) and 30 (Offences). | 14th February 2000 | |
Section 32(2)(a), (3) and (10) (in part) (Prescribed penalty for carrying clandestines; prescribed period for payment; and prescribed control zone). | 6th December 1999 | |
Section 33 (Clandestine entrants: Code of practice). | 6th December 1999 | |
Section 35(7) to (9) (in part) (Clandestine entrants: period for giving notice of objection and service of notices on detached trailers). | 6th December 1999 | |
Section 36(2)(a) (in part) (Clandestine entrants: prescribed period for payment of penalty). | 6th December 1999 | |
Section 37(6) (in part) (Sale of transporters). | 6th December 1999 | |
Section 39 (in part) (Clandestine entrants: Rail freight). | 6th December 1999 | |
Section 40(9) and (10) (Carriers' Liability: trains: international agreement for controls). | 6th December 1999 | |
Section 42(8) (in part) (Sale of transporters). | 6th December 1999 | |
Section 43 (Interpretation of Part II). | 6th December 1999 | |
Sections 56 (The Immigration Appeal Tribunal) and 57 (Adjudicators). | 14th February 2000 | |
Section 58(2) (in part) (Part I of Schedule 4 to the Act). | 14th February 2000 | |
Section 95(3) to (8) (in part) (Persons for whom support may be provided). | 6th December 1999 | |
Section 95 (in part). | 1st January 2000 | |
Section 97 (in part) (Supplemental provisions on provision of support). | 1st January 2000 | |
Section 104 (Asylum support: Secretary of State’s Rules). | 1st January 2000 | |
Section 110(9) (Definition of “Northern Ireland authority” for the purposes of section 110). | 6th December 1999 | |
Section 114 (in part) (Overpayments). | 1st January 2000 | |
Section 115 (in part) (Exclusion from benefits). | 1st January 2000 | |
Section 116 (Amendment of section 21 of the National Assistance Act 1948). | 6th December 1999 | |
Section 117(1) and (2) (Amendment of section 45 of the Health Services and Public Health Act 1968 and paragraph 2 of Schedule 8 to the National Health Service Act 1977). | 6th December 1999 | |
Section 118 (in part) (Housing authority accommodation). | 1st January 2000 | |
Section 119 (in part) (Homelessness: Scotland and Northern Ireland). | 1st January 2000 | |
Section 123 (in part) (Backdating of benefits where person recorded as refugee). | 1st January 2000 | |
Sections 128 to 139 (Powers to arrest and search). | 14th February 2000 | |
Section 169(1) and (2) (in part) (minor and consequential amendments and transitional provisions). | 6th December 1999 | |
Section 169 (in part). | 14th February 2000 | |
Paragraphs 2 and 5 of Schedule 1 (Sale of transporters). | 6th December 1999 | |
Schedules 2 (The Immigration Appeal Tribunal) and 3 (Adjudicators). | 14th February 2000 | |
In Schedule 4 (Appeals), paragraphs 3 to 5. | 14th February 2000 | |
Schedule 8 (Provision of support: regulations). | 1st January 2000 | |
Paragraph 54 of Schedule 14 (Proof of documents). | 6th December 1999 | |
Paragraph 117 of Schedule 14 (Amendment of section 512(3) of the Education Act 1996). | 6th December 1999 | |
In Schedule 14, paragraphs 43 (in part), 44(1), 45, 49 (in part), 50, 51, 53, 56 to 60, 62(1), (3) and (4), 63, 64, 67, 68, 71, 72, 80(1) (in part), (2) and (3), 90(1) (in part), (2) and (3), 91, 94 (in part), 95, 96, 98, 108 (in part), 109, 118 (in part) and 125 (Minor and consequential provisions). | 14th February 2000 | |
Paragraphs 5, 6 and 9 of Schedule 15 (Transitional provisions in relation to section 116 and subsections (1) and (2) of section 117). | 6th December 1999 | |
In Schedule 15, paragraphs 1, 3, 4(b) and 14 (Transitional provisions). | 14th February 2000 | |
In Schedule 16, the entries relating to the Immigration Act 1971 (in part), the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975, the Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975, the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990, the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 and the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996 (in part). | 14th February 2000 |