Transitional provisions in respect of private hire vehicles etc
6.—(1) Where a person is at large in the United Kingdom by virtue of paragraph 21(1) of Schedule 2 to the 1971 Act(1) (temporary admission or release from detention)—
(a)the person is to be treated for the purposes of the provisions and enactments listed in paragraph (2) as if the person had been granted leave to enter the United Kingdom, but
(b)any restriction as to employment imposed under paragraph 21(2) of Schedule 2 to the 1971 Act(2) is to be treated as a condition of leave.
(2) The provisions and enactments are—
(a)section 8A of the Metropolitan Public Carriage Act 1869(3);
(b)the Plymouth City Council Act 1975(4);
(c)Part 2 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976(5);
(d)section 13A of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982(6);
(e)the Private Hire Vehicles (London) Act 1998(7);
(f)Part 6 of the Taxis Act (Northern Ireland) 2008(8).
Paragraph 21(1) of Schedule 2 is amended by section 42(1) and (4) of the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 (c. 13).
Paragraph 21(2) of Schedule 2 is amended by paragraph 10(1) of the Schedule to the Immigration Act 1988 (c. 14).
1869 c. 115; section 8A is inserted by paragraphs 2 and 4 of Schedule 5 to the Immigration Act 2016 (“the 2016 Act”).
1975 c. xx; the Plymouth City Council Act 1975 is amended by paragraphs 5 to 16 of Schedule 5 to the 2016 Act.
1976 c. 57; Part 2 is amended by paragraphs 17 to 28 of Schedule 5 to the 2016 Act.
1982 c. 45; section 13A is inserted by paragraphs 29 and 31 of Schedule 5 to the 2016 Act.
1998 c. 34, as amended by paragraphs 34 to 44 of Schedule 5 to the 2016 Act.
2008 c. 4 (N.I.); Part 6 is amended by paragraphs 45 to 53 of Schedule 5 to the 2016 Act.