Clause 51 — Extent · Bill Tracker

51 — Extent

(1)This Act extends to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, subject as follows.

(2)Any amendment, repeal or revocation made by this Act has the same extent within the United Kingdom as the provision to which it relates.

Explanatory Notes · published by the Government with the Bill

415. This clause sets out the extent of the provisions in this Bill. 416. Subsection (1) provides that the Bill extends to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, except where it amends another Act, in which case it has the same extent as the provision which it amends.

Amendments tabled 1, including 1 from the Government

Changes MPs have proposed to this clause at Committee stage, House of Commons, in the order they fall in the text. None has been debated yet. An amendment changes the Bill only if it is agreed. All amendments to the Bill

Amendment 127 GovernmentNew

Anna Turley, Minister of State (Home Office) Adds words Not yet debated

Explanatory statement · what it would do, in the words of the Government

This amendment provides for the consequential amendment of the British Nationality Act 1981 in paragraph 21 of Schedule 1 to the Bill to extend to the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man and the British overseas territories. The amendment also provides powers for other provisions of the Bill to be extended to the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man.

Effect on the clause · the printed text with this amendment applied

52:20(2) Any amendment, repeal or revocation made by this Act has the same extent

52:21within the United Kingdom as the provision to which it relates.

(3) Paragraph 21 of Schedule 1 (and section 1(3) so far as relating to that paragraph) also extends to the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man and the British overseas territories within the meaning of the British Nationality Act 1981 (see section 50(1) of that Act).

(4) His Majesty may by Order in Council provide—

(a) for any of the provisions of this Act to extend, with or without modification, to the Isle of Man, and

(b) for any of the provisions of Parts 3 and 4, and this Part so far as relating to Parts 3 and 4, to extend, with or without modification, to the Bailiwick of Guernsey.

(5) A power under any provision listed in subsection (6) may be exercised—

(a) so as to extend (with or without modification) to the Isle of Man any amendment or repeal made by or under this Act of any part of an Act to which the provision listed in subsection (6) relates;

(b) so as to extend (with or without modification) to the Bailiwick of Jersey any amendment or repeal made by or under Part 2 or 5 of this Act of any part of an Act to which the provision listed in subsection (6) relates;

(c) so as to extend (with or without modification) to the Bailiwick of Guernsey any amendment or repeal made by or under Part 2, 3 or 4 of this Act of any part of an Act to which the provision listed in subsection (6) relates.

(6) Those provisions are—

(a) section 36 of the Immigration Act 1971;

(b) section 9(3) of the Special Immigration Appeals Commission Act 1997;

(d) section 163(4) of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002;

(e) section 49(3) of the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Act 2004;

(f) section 63(3) of the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006;

(g) section 60(4) of the UK Borders Act 2007;

(h) section 60(6) of the Modern Slavery Act 2015;

(i) section 95(5) of the Immigration Act 2016;

(j) section 86(4) of the Nationality and Borders Act 2022;

(k) section 64(4) of the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act 2025.

The amendment · as tabled, addressed to the printed Bill

Clause 51, page 52, line 21, at end insert—

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“(3) Paragraph 21 of Schedule 1 (and section 1(3) so far as relating to that paragraph) also extends to the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man and the British overseas territories within the meaning of the British Nationality Act 1981 (see section 50(1) of that Act).