Citation, commencement and interpretation
1. This Order may be cited as the Immigration (Guernsey) Order 2015 and shall come into force seven days after the day on which it is registered by the Royal Court of Guernsey.
2. In this Order—
“the 1971 Act” means the Immigration Act 1971(1);
“the 2006 Act” means the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006;
“the 2014 Act” means the Immigration Act 2014; and
“Guernsey” means the Bailiwick of Guernsey.
3. For the purposes of construing provisions of the 1971 Act as part of the law of Guernsey, any reference to an enactment which extends to Guernsey shall be construed as a reference to that enactment as it has effect in Guernsey.
Extensions and modifications
4. Sections 27 and 42 of the 2006 Act shall extend to Guernsey subject to the exceptions and modifications specified in the right-hand column of Schedule 1 to this Order.
5. Sections 67 and 73(6) of, and Schedules 8 and 9 to, the 2014 Act shall extend to Guernsey subject to the exceptions and modifications specified in the right-hand column of Schedule 2 to this Order.
6. For the avoidance of doubt, the amendments made to the 1971 Act by sections 67 and 73(6) of, and Schedules 8 and 9 to, the 2014 Act, as extended to Guernsey by article 5 of this Order, are amendments made to the 1971 Act as amended by sections 27 and 42 of the 2006 Act, as extended to Guernsey by article 4 of this Order.
Richard Tilbrook
Clerk of the Privy Council