Statutory Instruments
2007 No. 1109 (C. 50)
Immigration
The Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 (Commencement No. 6) Order 2007
Made
29th March 2007
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 62 of the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006( 1 ), makes the following Order:
Citation and interpretation
1. This Order may be cited as the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 (Commencement No. 6) Order 2007.
2. In this Order, “the Act” means the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006.
Commencement
3.Section 8 (legal aid) of the Act shall come into force on 30th April 2007.
4. Section 52(7) (fees: supplemental) of, and Schedule 2 (fees: consequential amendments) to, the Act shall come into force on 2nd April 2007, to the extent that those provisions are not already in force.
5. Subject to article 6, section 61 (repeals) of, and Schedule 3 (repeals) to, the Act shall come into force on 2nd April 2007, to the extent that those provisions relate to entries listed in the Schedule to this Order.
Savings
6. —(1) The repeal by this Order of section 25 of the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc. ) Act 2004( 2 ) shall not affect the power of the Secretary of State to make regulations under that section which—
(a) require a person seeking permission under section 19(3)(b), 21(3)(b) or 23 (3)(b) of that Act or under paragraph 2(1)(b) of Schedule 23 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004( 3 ) to make an application in writing; or
(b) specify the information to be contained in, or provided with, the application, and how and to whom the fee in respect of that application is to be paid.
(2) In such regulations, the reference to the fee to be paid shall be taken to be a reference to the fee to be paid in connection with such an application payable by virtue of an order made under section 51(1) of the Act.
Liam Byrne
Minister of State
Home Office
29th March 2007
Article 5
SCHEDULE
Repeals
| Short title and chapter | Extent of repeal |
|---|---|
| British Nationality Act 1981 (c. 61) | Section 41(2) |
In section 41(3)— (a) the words “or (2)”, and (b) paragraph (b) | |
| Section 42A | |
| Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (c. 33) | Section 5 |
| Section 27 | |
| Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (c. 41) | Section 10(2)(e) |
| Section 122, subject to the saving that subsection (2) continues to have effect so far as is necessary for the purposes of section 88(3)(c) | |
| Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc ) Act 2004 | Section 25 |
| In Section 42(1) the words”, with the consent of the Treasury,”. | |