Illegal Migration Act 2023

68 Commencement

(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.