PART 7General
I187Commencement
1
Subject to subsections (3) to (5), this Act comes into force on such day as the Secretary of State appoints by regulations.
2
Regulations under subsection (1) may appoint different days for different purposes or areas.
3
The following provisions come into force on the day on which this Act is passed—
a
b
sections 70, 71 and 73 (visa penalties in relation to countries posing a risk to international peace and security etc);
c
this Part.
4
The following provisions come into force on the day on which this Act is passed for the purposes of making (and, where required, consulting on) regulations—
a
section 14 (requirement to make asylum claim at “designated place”);
b
section 27 (accelerated detained appeals);
c
section 42 and Schedule 5 (penalty for failure to secure goods vehicle etc);
d
section 43 (working in United Kingdom waters: arrival and entry);
e
section 50 (persons subject to immigration control: referral or age assessment by local authority);
f
section 52 (use of scientific methods in age assessments);
g
section 53 (regulations about age assessments);
h
section 69 (interpretation of Part 5);
i
section 82 (pre-consolidation amendments of immigration legislation).
5
The following provisions come into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed—
a
section 28 (claims certified as clearly unfounded: removal of right of appeal);
b
paragraphs 5 to 19 of Schedule 4, and section 29 so far as it relates to those paragraphs (removal of asylum seeker to safe third country);
c
section 30(1), (2) and (4) to (6) (Refugee Convention: general);
d
sections 31 to 36 and 38 (interpretation of Refugee Convention);
e
section 39 (interpretation of Part 2);
f
section 44 (power to search container);
g
section 49(1) to (4) (interpretation of Part 4);
h
sections 72 and 74 (visa penalties in relation to uncooperative countries);
i
section 78 (counter-terrorism questioning of detained entrants away from place of arrival).