The Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2000

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force certain provisions of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (the Act).

On 14th February 2000, the following provisions are commenced:

(a) sections 1 and 2, which create powers enabling new provision to be made concerning the form and manner in which leave to enter and remain may be given under the Immigration Act 1971 (the 1971 Act);

(b) sections 28, 29(1), (2) and (4) and 30, which amend the provisions of the 1971 Act concerning offences, in particular of deception;

(c) sections 56, 57 and (in part) 58, together with Schedules 2 and 3 and paragraphs 3 to 5 of Schedule 4, which make new provision for immigration adjudicators and the Immigration Appeal Tribunal; their commencement is subject to the transitional provisions made by article 3 of the Order;

(d) sections 128 to 139, which confer new powers of arrest and search on immigration officers; and

(e) certain minor and consequential amendments and transitional provisions in Schedules 14 and 15, together with entries in the repeals Schedule, Schedule 16.

The following are commenced on 1st March 2000:

(a) sections 6 and 7, which amend certain provisions of the 1971 Act concerning exemptions from immigration control;

(b) section 8, which makes provision for the exclusion of persons from the United Kingdom pursuant to UN and EU travel bans; and

(c) section 14, which makes new provision concerning escorts for removals from the United Kingdom.