UK Borders Act 2007 Explanatory Notes

Part 7: General

Section 57: Money

161.This section gives the Secretary of State authority to spend money provided by Parliament for the purposes of the Act.

Section 58: Repeals

162.The provisions specified will be repealed as they are replaced by or rendered obsolete by the provisions in the Act.

Section 59: Commencement

163.This section sets out the arrangements for bringing into force the provisions of the Act.

164.Subsection (1) provides that section 17 shall come into force on the day the Act is passed.

165.Subsection (2) states that the other preceding provisions may be brought into force on a day which the Secretary of State may, by order, appoint.

166.Subsection (3) states that different provisions may be brought into force at different times and for different purposes and may include transitional provisions.

167.Subsection (4) specifies certain particular transitional provisions which the commencement order may make in relation to sections 16, 25, 26 and 32.

Section 60: Extent

168.Section 60: the UK Borders Act extends to the whole of the United Kingdom, with three exceptions, sections 1-4 relating to powers of detention for immigration officers at ports, and section 25 relating to forfeiture of property, and section 31(1) and (2) relating to trafficking offences. These will only apply to England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

169.Amendments to other Acts have the same extent as the amended Act (or the amended part thereof).

170.A provision of the Act may be extended to any of the Channel Islands or to the Isle of Man by Order in Council.

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