Statutory Instruments
2000 No. 464 (C. 12)
IMMIGRATION
The Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2000
Made
24th February 2000
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 170(4) and (5) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999( 1 ), the Secretary of State hereby makes the following Order:
1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2000.
(2) In this Order “the Act” means the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999.
2. The provisions of the Act specified in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order shall come into force on the date specified in column 2 of that Schedule, but where a particular purpose is specified in relation to any such provision in column 3 of that Schedule, the provision concerned shall come into force on that date only for that purpose.
Jack Straw
One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State
Home Office
24th February 2000
Article 2
THE SCHEDULE
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Section 18 (Passenger information). | 1st March 2000 | For the purposes of enabling subordinate legislation to be made under a provision inserted by it. |
| Sections 18 (save as not already in force) and 19 (Notification of non-EEA arrivals). | 3rd April 2000 | |
| Sections 32 and 34 to 37 (Clandestine entrants) (save as not already in force( 2 )). | 3rd April 2000 | For the purposes of clandestine entrants (within the meaning of section 32(1) of the Act) other than those who: (a) (within the meaning of Part II of the Act) arrive in the United Kingdom concealed otherwise than in a vehicle; and (b) are clandestine entrants by virtue of section 32(1)(a) of the Act. |
| Section 38 (Assisting illegal entry and harbouring). | 3rd April 2000 | |
| Section 98(3) (Temporary support). | 1st March 2000 | For the purposes of enabling subordinate legislation to be made under section 95 of the Act as applied by section 98(3). |
| Section 118 (Housing authority accommodation) (save as not already in force( 3 )). | 1st March 2000 | |
| Section 119 (Homelessness: Scotland and Northern Ireland) (save as not already in force( 4 )). | 1st March 2000 | |
| Sections 120 and 121 (Other restrictions on assistance: Scotland and Northern Ireland). | 1st March 2000 | For the purposes of enabling subordinate legislation to be made under section 95 of the Act as applied by any provision inserted by section 120 or 121. |
| Section 122 (Support for children). | 1st March 2000 | For the purposes of enabling subordinate legislation to be made under it. |
| Part VI (Support for asylum-seekers) (save as not already in force( 5 ) and except section 117(5)). | 3rd April 2000 | |
| Section 154 (Detainee custody officers). | 3rd April 2000 | Section 154(7) is commenced for the purposes of the provisions of Schedule 11 commenced by this Order. |
| Section 169(1) and (3) (minor and consequential amendments and repeals). | 1st March 2000 | So far as relating to the provisions of Schedules 14 and 16 commenced on 1st March 2000 by this Order. |
| Section 169(1) and (3) (save as not already in force). | 3rd April 2000 | So far as relating to the provisions of Schedules 14 and 16 commenced on 3rd April 2000 by this Order. |
| Schedule 1 (so far as not already in force( 6 )). | 3rd April 2000 | For the purposes of section 37 of the Act. |
| Paragraphs 1 and 7(1) of Schedule 11 (Detainee custody officers). | 3rd April 2000 | |
| Paragraphs 43, 52(1) and (3)(a), 108 and 110 of Schedule 14 (minor provisions and provisions consequential on provisions of the Act commenced by this Order). | 1st March 2000 | Paragraphs 43 and 52(1) are commenced so far as they relate to paragraph 52(3)(a); and paragraph 108 is commenced so far as it relates to paragraph 110. |
| Paragraphs 43, 52(1) and (3)(b), 74, 76, 92, 93, 99, 101, 108 and 111 to 113 of Schedule 14 (minor provisions and provisions consequential on provisions of the Act commenced by this Order). | 3rd April 2000 | Paragraphs 43 and 52(1) are commenced so far as they relate to paragraph 52(3)(b); paragraph 99 is commenced so far as it relates to paragraph 101; and paragraph 108 is commenced so far as it relates to paragraphs 111 to 113. |
| In Schedule 16 (repeals), the entries relating to section 9 of the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996( 7 ) and paragraph 3 of Schedule 16 to the Housing Act 1996( 8 ). | 1st March 2000 | |
| In Schedule 16 the entries relating to the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992( 9 ), the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992( 10 ), sections 4 and 5 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Asylum and Immigration Act 1993( 11 ) and sections 10 and 11 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996. | 3rd April 2000 |
Sections 32(2)(a), 32(3), 32(10), 35(7) to (9), 36(2)(a) and 37(6) were brought into force by S.I. 1999/3190 for the purposes of enabling subordinate legislation to be made under them.
Section 118 was brought into force by S.I. 1999/3190 for the purpose of enabling subordinate legislation to be made under it.
Section 119 was brought into force by S.I. 1999/3190 for the purpose of enabling subordinate legislation to be made under it.
Sections 94, 95(13), 99(4) and (5), 105 to 109, 110(1), (2) and, for certain purposes, (8), 111 and 124 and Schedule 9 were brought into force by paragraphs (f) to (l) and (r) of section 170(3) of the Act. Sections 95(3) to (8), 95 and 97 (all for certain purposes), 104, 110(9), 114 and 115 (both for certain purposes), 117(1) and (2), and 118, 119 and 123 (all for certain purposes) and Schedule 8 were brought into force by S.I. 1999/3190 . Sections 118 and 119 are brought fully, and sections 98, 120, 121 and 122 partially, into force by preceding entries in this Schedule.
Paragraphs 2 and 5 of Schedule 1 were brought into force by S.I. 1999/3190 for the purposes of enabling subordinate legislation to be made under them.