General

I168Commencement

1

Subject to subsections (3) and (4), this Act comes into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by regulations appoint.

2

Regulations under subsection (1) may appoint different days for different purposes.

3

The following provisions come into force on the day on which this Act is passed—

a

sections 30 to 37;

b

section 52;

c

sections 63 to 67;

d

this section;

e

section 69.

4

The following provisions come into force on the day on which this Act is passed for the purposes of making regulations—

a

section 3 (amendment of date in section 2(3) etc);

b

section 4 (unaccompanied children and power to provide for exceptions);

c

section 7 (powers to amend Schedule 1);

d

section 11(2) (detention under authority of immigration officer);

e

section 11(6) (detention under authority of Secretary of State);

f

section 18 (duty of local authority to provide information to Secretary of State);

g

section 20 (extension of provisions relating to unaccompanied children to Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland);

h

section 24 (modern slavery: support in Scotland);

i

section 40 (meaning of “serious and irreversible harm”);

j

section 42 (serious harm suspensive claims);

k

section 43 (removal conditions suspensive claims);

l

section 60(7) (definition of safe and legal routes).

5

The Secretary of State may by regulations make transitional or saving provision in connection with the coming into force of any provision of this Act.