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Immigration Act 2014

26.The 2006 Act sets out a prohibition on the employment of adults who are subject to immigration control and do not have leave to enter or remain in the UK, or who are subject to a condition preventing the acceptance of the employment. The prohibition is supported through both a civil penalty regime and a criminal sanction. Enforcing civil penalties is a complex process and the Home Office consultation paper, Strengthening and simplifying the civil penalty scheme to prevent illegal working,(10) published on 9 July 2013, set out proposals for how this could be streamlined. The Act amends existing legislation to require an employer to exercise their right to object to a civil penalty before they can appeal to the civil court. It also simplifies and accelerates the enforcement of civil penalty debts in the civil courts.

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