Statutory Instruments
2016 No. 1157
Employment
The Code of Practice (English Language Requirements for Public Sector Workers) Regulations 2016
Made
29th November 2016
Laid before Parliament
30th November 2016
Coming into force
22nd December 2016
The Minister for the Cabinet Office, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 81(3) and 83 of the Immigration Act 2016( 1 ) (“the Act”) and now vested in the Minister( 2 ) makes the following Regulations.
The Minister has:
in accordance with section 81(1) of the Act consulted such persons as the Minister thinks appropriate in preparing a code of practice;
in accordance with section 81(2) of the Act laid a draft of the code of practice before Parliament;
in accordance with section 80(1) of the Act on 29th November 2016 issued a code for the purposes of section 77 of the Act.
Citation and Commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Code of Practice (English Language Requirements for Public Sector Workers) Regulations 2016 and come into force on the 22nd December 2016.
The Code of Practice on the English Language Requirements of Public Sector Workers 2016
2. The code of practice entitled “Code of Practice on the English Language Requirements of Public Sector Workers 2016”( 3 ) which was issued by the relevant Minister on 29th November 2016 comes into force on the 22nd December 2016.
Ben Gummer
Minister of State
Cabinet Office
29th November 2016
See the definition of “relevant Minister” in section 83 of the Immigration Act 2016 c.19 . The Transfer of Functions (Elections, Referendums, Third Sector and Information) Order 2016 S.I. 2016/997 section 3 transferred functions which were exercisable by the Secretary of State concurrently with the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster to be instead exercisable by the Secretary of State concurrently with the Minister for the Cabinet Office.
The code of practice will be published by the Stationery Office and copies may be obtained from the Stationery Office bookshops or online shop. The code of practice will also be available on the gov.uk website.