Section 20: Extension to Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland

Illegal Migration Act 2023 · 2023 c. 37View on legislation.gov.uk

This provision is repealed
It is retained for historical reference and may not reflect the law currently in force.

REPEALED on 2025-12-02 by Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act 2025.

The text below is the provision as originally enacted. It is historical and may not include amendments made before this status change. View the enacted source.

The Secretary of State may make regulations enabling sections 16 to 19 to apply in relation to Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland.

The regulations may amend, repeal or revoke any enactment (including an enactment contained in this Act).

The regulations may not confer functions on—

the Welsh Ministers,
the Scottish Ministers,
the First Minister and deputy First Minister in Northern Ireland,
a Northern Ireland Minister, or
a Northern Ireland department.

In this section, “enactment” includes—

an enactment contained in subordinate legislation within the meaning of the Interpretation Act 1978;
an enactment contained in, or in an instrument made under, an Act or Measure of Senedd Cymru;
an enactment contained in, or in an instrument made under, an Act of the Scottish Parliament;
an enactment contained in, or in an instrument made under, Northern Ireland legislation.

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