Statutory Instruments
2020 No. 1279 (C. 36)
Exiting The European Union
Immigration
Social Security
The Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Act 2020 (Commencement) Regulations 2020
Made
13th November 2020
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 9(1) and (3) to (5) of the Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Act 2020( 1 ).
Citation and interpretation
1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Act 2020 (Commencement) Regulations 2020.
(2) In these Regulations, “the Act” means the Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Act 2020 .
Commencement
2. The following provisions of the Act come into force on the day after the day on which these Regulations are made—
(a) section 5;
(b) section 6;
(c) Schedule 2;
(d) Schedule 3.
3. Section 2 (Irish citizens: entitlement to enter or remain without leave) of the Act comes into force immediately before IP completion day( 2 ).
4. The following provisions of the Act come into force on IP completion day for all purposes—
(a) section 1 (repeal of the main retained EU law relating to free movement etc.);
(b) section 4 (meaning of “the Immigration Acts” etc.);
(c) Schedule 1 (repeal of the main retained EU law relating to free movement etc.).
5. Section 3 (protection claimants: legal routes from the EU and family reunion) of the Act, so far as not already brought into force by section 9(2) of the Act, comes into force on 12th January 2021.
Kevin Foster
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Home Office
13th November 2020
“IP completion day” is defined in section 39 of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020.