§ Mr. GerrardTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list(a) the provisions of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 which have come into force, indicating the date on which each came into force and (b) the provisions of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 which have yet to come into force and the projected date on which each will come into force. [124443]
§ Mrs. RocheSection 170 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 lists those of its provisions which came into force on Royal Assent. The Schedule to the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (Commencement No.4) Order 2000 (SI 2000 No. 1282 (C.38)), specifies the provisions which commenced on 22 May 2000 and lists those provisions which have been brought into effect by earlier Commencement Orders.
We are keeping implementation of the Act's remaining provisions under review. However, our current intention is to phase implementation of the major provisions as follows:
Provisions of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999June to September 2000Carriers' Liability provisions in Part IIFrom October 2000Bond scheme for visitors pilot provided for in section 16 and 17 of Part I;Single, comprehensive appeal process provided for in Part IV and related provisions in sections 10–12 and 23 of Part I;Under Part V, the regulatory body established by the Immigration Services Commissioner will begin to consider applications for registration and exemption. The Immigration Services Tribunal will be established;Fingerprinting provisions in Part VII;Statutory management and operation of detention centres under Part VIII;Powers of superintendent registrars regarding marriage in Part IX and their duty to report suspicious marriages in section 24 of Part I.From April 2001Code of practice on restriction on employment in Part I;Immigration control: facilities and charges provisions in Part I;Bail provisions in Part III;Full implementation of the scheme to regulate immigration advisers and immigration service providers under Part V.