The Immigration Act 2016 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2017

• Citation: S.I. 2017/380
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation and interpretation

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Immigration Act 2016 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2017.

(2) In these Regulations—

(a) “the 1971 Act ” means the Immigration Act 1971 ;

(b) “the 2016 Act ” means the Immigration Act 2016.

Section 2 Provisions coming into force on 6th April 2017

The following provisions of the 2016 Act come into force on 6th April 2017—

(a) section 36 (Licensing Act 2003: amendments relating to illegal working); and

(b) Schedule 4.

Section 3 Transitional provision pending commencement of immigration bail

Where a person is at large in the United Kingdom by virtue of paragraph 21(1) of Schedule 2 to the 1971 Act (temporary admission or release from detention)—

(a) the person is to be treated for the purposes of section 192A(1) of the Licensing Act 2003 as if the person had been granted leave to enter the United Kingdom, but

(b) any restriction as to employment imposed under paragraph 21(1) of Schedule 2 to the 1971 Act is to be treated for those purposes as a condition of leave.