| Guvnor

Enforced by: Home Office
Status: Amended (in force with amendments)
Penalty ceiling: Imprisonment 1 of 8 obligations carry a criminal penalty. 1 carries different penalties and 6 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Any Person2

Plus 6 duties on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.

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Human Medicines Regulations 2012 184 duties

Merchant Shipping Act 1995 144 duties

Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 104 duties

Communications Act 2003 92 duties

Road Traffic Act 1988 92 duties

What it requires

Sections creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

Part 1

Nationality

0 of 11 sections shown

11 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional

s.001 Historical inability of mothers to transmit citizenship

s.002 Historical inability of unmarried fathers to transmit citizenship

s.003 Provision for Chagos Islanders to acquire British Nationality

s.004 Sections 1 to 3: related British citizenship

s.005 Period for registration of person born outside the British overseas territories

s.006 Disapplication of historical registration requirements

s.007 Citizenship where mother married to someone other than natural father

s.008 Citizenship: registration in special cases

s.009 Requirements for naturalisation etc

s.010 Notice of decision to deprive a person of citizenship

s.011 Citizenship: stateless minors

Part 2

Asylum

2 of 28 sections shown

s.022 Late compliance with priority removal notice: damage to credibility Regulated

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator

Deciding authorities must treat late evidence as damaging to credibilityCrown / Minister / Government department

s.032 Article 1(A)(2): well-founded fear Regulated

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator

Home Office must follow a two-stage test to determine 'well-founded fear'Crown / Minister / Government department

26 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional

s.012 Differential treatment of refugees

s.013 Accommodation for asylum-seekers etc

s.014 Requirement to make asylum claim at “designated place”

s.015 Asylum claims by EU nationals: inadmissibility

s.016 Asylum claims by persons with connection to safe third State: inadmissibility

s.017 Clarification of basis for support where asylum claim inadmissible

s.018 Provision of evidence in support of protection or human rights claim

s.019 Asylum or human rights claim: damage to claimant’s credibility

s.020 Priority removal notices

s.021 Priority removal notices: supplementary

s.023 Priority removal notices: expedited appeals

s.024 Expedited appeals: joining of related appeals

s.025 Civil legal services for recipients of priority removal notices

s.026 Late provision of evidence in asylum or human rights claim: weight

s.027 Accelerated detained appeals

s.028 Claims certified as clearly unfounded: removal of right of appeal

s.029 Removal of asylum seeker to safe country

s.030 Refugee Convention: general

s.031 Article 1(A)(2): persecution

s.033 Article 1(A)(2): reasons for persecution

s.034 Article 1(A)(2): protection from persecution

s.035 Article 1(A)(2): internal relocation

s.036 Article 1(F): disapplication of Convention in case of serious crime etc

s.037 Article 31(1): immunity from penalties

s.038 Article 33(2): particularly serious crime

s.039 Interpretation of Part 2

Part 3

Immigration Control

2 of 9 sections shown

s.040 Illegal entry and similar offences Imprisonment

Illegal entry and immigration status offencesAny Person

s.042 Penalty for failure to secure goods vehicle Regulated

Fail to adequately secure a goods vehicleAny Person

7 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional

s.041 Assisting unlawful immigration or asylum seeker

s.043 Working in United Kingdom waters: arrival and entry

s.044 Power to search container unloaded from ship or aircraft

s.045 Maritime enforcement

s.046 Removals: notice requirements

s.047 Prisoners liable to removal from the United Kingdom

s.048 Matters relevant to decisions relating to immigration bail

Part 4

Age Assessments

3 of 9 sections shown

s.050 Persons subject to immigration control: referral or assessment by local authority etc Regulated

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator

Local authorities must assess or refer disputed ages of personsLocal authority

s.055 Appeals relating to age assessments: supplementary Regulated

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator

Tribunal must manage age assessment appeals and protect sensitive infoTribunal / Court

s.056 New information following age assessment or appeal Regulated

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator

Local authorities and designated persons must re-assess age on new evidenceLocal authority

6 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional

s.049 Interpretation of Part etc

s.051 Persons subject to immigration control: assessment for immigration purposes

s.052 Use of scientific methods in age assessments

s.053 Regulations about age assessments

s.054 Appeals relating to age assessments

s.057 Civil legal services relating to age assessments

Part 5

Modern Slavery

1 of 12 sections shown

s.059 Late compliance with slavery or trafficking information notice: damage to credibility Regulated

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator

Home Office must damage credibility of late slavery information providersStatutory regulator

11 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional

s.058 Provision of information relating to being a victim of slavery or human trafficking

s.060 Identification of potential victims of slavery or human trafficking

s.061 Identified potential victims of slavery or human trafficking: recovery period

s.062 No entitlement to additional recovery period etc

s.063 Identified potential victims etc: disqualification from protection

s.064 Identified potential victims etc in England and Wales: assistance and support

s.065 Leave to remain for victims of slavery or human trafficking

s.066 Civil legal services under section 9 of LASPO: add-on services in relation to the national referral mechanism

s.067 Civil legal services under section 10 of LASPO: add-on services in relation to national referral mechanism

s.068 Disapplication of retained EU law deriving from Trafficking Directive

s.069 Part 5: interpretation

Part 6

Miscellaneous

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13 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional

s.070 Visa penalty provision: general

s.071 Visa penalties for countries posing risk to international peace and security etc

s.072 Removals from the UK: visa penalties for uncooperative countries

s.073 Visa penalties under section 71: review and revocation

s.074 Visa penalties under section 72: review and revocation

s.075 Electronic travel authorisations

s.076 Liability of carriers

s.077 Special Immigration Appeals Commission

s.078 Counter-terrorism questioning of detained entrants away from place of arrival

s.079 References to justices of the peace in relation to Northern Ireland

s.080 Tribunal charging power in respect of wasted resources

s.081 Tribunal Procedure Rules to be made in respect of costs orders etc

s.082 Pre-consolidation amendments of immigration legislation

Part 7

General

0 of 6 sections shown

6 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional

s.083 Financial provision

s.084 Transitional and consequential provision

s.085 Regulations

s.086 Extent

s.087 Commencement

s.088 Short title

Schedules

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79 other schedules

s.sch001 Waiver of requirement of presence in UK etc

s.sch001 Amendments to the British Nationality Act 1981

s.sch001 (1) Section 4 (acquisition by registration: British overseas territories citizens...

s.sch001 (1) Schedule 1 (requirements for naturalisation) is amended as follows....

s.sch001 Consequential amendment

s.sch002 Deprivation of Citizenship without notice: judicial oversight

s.sch003 Expedited appeals where priority removal notice served: consequential amendments

s.sch003 The Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 is amended in...

s.sch003 In section 85 (matters to be considered on appeal)—

s.sch003 In section 86 (determination of appeal), in subsection (2), after...

s.sch003 In section 106 (tribunal procedure rules), in subsections (3) and...

s.sch003 In section 107 (practice directions)— (a) before subsection (3) insert—...

s.sch003 In section 108 (forged document: proceedings in private), in subsection...

s.sch003 In section 8 of the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of...

s.sch004 Removal of asylum seeker to safe country

s.sch004 Amendments to section 77 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002

s.sch004 In paragraph 21 (procedure for orders under paragraph 20)—

s.sch004 Appeal rights

s.sch004 Omit paragraph 6 (no out of country appeal rights).

s.sch004 In paragraph 10 (appeal rights where person certified for removal...

s.sch004 Omit paragraph 11 (no out of country appeal rights).

s.sch004 In paragraph 15 (appeal rights where person certified for removal...

s.sch004 Omit paragraph 16 (no out of country appeal rights).

s.sch004 In paragraph 19 (appeal rights where person certified for removal...

s.sch004 Consequential amendments

s.sch004 Transitional provision

s.sch004 In subsection (3) of that section, for “subsection (2)” substitute...

s.sch004 Amendments to Schedule 3 to the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc) Act 2004: introductory

s.sch004 Amendments consequential on amendments to section 77 of the 2002 Act

s.sch004 Rebuttable presumption of safety of specified countries in relation to Convention rights

s.sch004 In paragraph 5 (in country appeals in cases of removal...

s.sch004 Safe countries

s.sch004 In paragraph 2 (countries to which presumptions of safety in...

s.sch004 In paragraph 20(1) (powers to amend list of safe countries...

s.sch005 Penalty for failure to secure goods vehicle etc

s.sch005 Part 2 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (carriers’...

s.sch005 (1) Section 36 (power to detain vehicles etc in connection...

s.sch005 (1) Section 36A (detention in default of payment) is amended...

s.sch005 (1) Section 43 (interpretation of Part 2) is amended as...

s.sch005 For the italic heading before section 32 substitute “Penalties for...

s.sch005 Before section 32 (but after the italic heading before that...

s.sch005 (1) Section 32 (penalty for carrying clandestine entrants) is amended...

s.sch005 (1) Section 32A (level of penalty: code of practice) is...

s.sch005 Omit section 33 (prevention of clandestine entrants: code of practice)....

s.sch005 (1) Section 34 (defences to claim that penalty is due...

s.sch005 (1) Section 35 (procedure for penalties and objections against penalties)...

s.sch005 (1) Section 35A (appeals) is amended as follows.

s.sch006 Working in United Kingdom waters: consequential and related amendments

s.sch006 Immigration Act 1971 (c. 77)

s.sch006 (1) Schedule 4A (maritime enforcement powers) is amended as follows....

s.sch006 Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 (c. 13)

s.sch006 In section 8 (exceptions for seamen etc), after subsection (1)...

s.sch006 In section 11 (references to entry etc), after subsection (1)...

s.sch006 In section 28 (proceedings for offences)— (a) before subsection (1)...

s.sch006 In section 28L (interpretation of Part 3) —

s.sch006 In section 28M (enforcement powers in relation to ships: England...

s.sch006 In section 28N (enforcement powers in relation to ships: Scotland),...

s.sch006 In section 28O (enforcement powers in relation to ships: Northern...

s.sch006 (1) Schedule 2 (administrative provision as to control on entry...

s.sch007 Maritime enforcement

s.sch007 Part 3A of the Immigration Act 1971 (maritime enforcement) is...

s.sch007 Before Part 1, insert— PART A1 United Kingdom Introductory (1) This Part of this Schedule sets out the powers...

s.sch007 In paragraph 1(1)— (a) omit “immigration officers,” and

s.sch007 In paragraph 4— (a) in sub-paragraph (2) omit “constable or”,...

s.sch007 In paragraph 6— (a) omit sub-paragraph (5), and

s.sch007 In paragraph 12(1)— (a) omit “immigration officers,”, and

s.sch007 In paragraph 17— (a) omit sub-paragraph (5), and

s.sch007 In paragraph 23— (a) omit “immigration officers,” and

s.sch007 In paragraph 26(3) omit “constable or”.

s.sch007 In paragraph 28— (a) omit sub-paragraph (5), and

s.sch007 Before section 28M insert— Enforcement powers in relation to ships:...

s.sch007 In section 28M (enforcement powers in relation to ships: England...

s.sch007 In section 28N (enforcement powers in relation to ships: Scotland)—...

s.sch007 In section 28O (enforcement powers in relation to ships: Northern...

s.sch007 In section 28P (hot pursuit of ships in United Kingdom...

s.sch007 After section 28P insert— Power to seize and dispose of...

s.sch007 In section 28Q (interpretation of Part 3A)—

s.sch007 Schedule 4A (enforcement powers in relation to ships) is amended...

s.sch008 Prisoners returning to the UK: Modifications of Criminal Justice Act 2003

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Nationality and Borders Act 2022

Does it bind you?

Other Acts binding the same actors

What it requires

Nationality

Asylum

Immigration Control

Age Assessments

Modern Slavery

Miscellaneous

General

Schedules