(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)section 10(1) and (6) to (8) (effect of failure to give notice of pre-commencement decision to deprive a person of citizenship);
(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).
Commencement Information
I1S. 87 in force at Royal Assent, see s. 87(3)(c)