The Asylum and Immigration Appeals Act 1993 (Commencement and Transitional Provisions) Order 1993

Made: 2nd July 1993

In exercise of the power conferred upon me by section 14(1) and (2)(b) of the Asylum and Immigration Appeals Act 1993[^f00001], I hereby make the following Order:

1

This Order may be cited as the Asylum and Immigration Appeals Act 1993 (Commencement and Transitional Provisions) Order 1993.

2

Subject to articles 3, 4 and 5 below, sections 4 to 11 (and section 1 so far as it relates to those sections) of the Asylum and Immigration Appeals Act 1993 (“the Act”) shall come into force on 26th July 1993.

3

In section 8 of the Act (appeals to special adjudicators)—

• (a) subsection (1) shall not apply where the decision to refuse leave to enter the United Kingdom was made before 26th July 1993;

• (b) subsection (2) shall not apply where the decision to vary or refuse to vary the limited leave to enter or remain was made before 26th July 1993;

• (c) subsection (3) shall not apply where the decision to make a deportation order, or the decision to refuse to revoke a deportation order, was made before 26th July 1993;

• (d) subsection (4) shall not apply where directions for a person’s removal from the United Kingdom were given before 26th July 1993.

4

Section 9 of the Act (appeals from the Immigration Appeal Tribunal) shall not apply where the final determination of an appeal by the Immigration Appeal Tribunal was given before 26th July 1993.

5

Sections 10 and 11 of the Act (restrictions of certain rights of appeal under the 1971 Act) shall not apply where the decision to refuse leave to enter, refuse entry clearance or refuse to vary limited leave (as the case may be) was made before 26th July 1993.

Signed

Michael Howard — One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State — 2nd July 1993

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order bring into force on 26th July 1993 sections 4 to 11 of the Asylum and Immigration Appeals Act 1993 and makes transitional provisions.

On 26th July 1993 the whole of the Act will be in force.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1993 c. 23.