Citation and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2003.

(2) In this Order:

“the 1971 Act” means the Immigration Act 1971(1);

“the 1999 Act” means the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999(2); and

“the 2002 Act” means the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002.

Commencement

2.  The provisions of the 2002 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.

Beverley Hughes

Minister of State

Home Office

4th January 2003