Section 8 — Extent
This version in force from 2022-04-28
Snapshot: 2026-08-24
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(1) Subject to subsections (2) to (5), this Act extends to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
(2) Her Majesty may by Order in Council provide for any of the provisions of Part 1 of this Act, and of sections 7 and 10 (so far as relating to that Part), to extend, with or without modifications, to—
(a) any of the Channel Islands;
(b) the Isle of Man;
(c) any of the British overseas territories.
(3) A power listed in subsection (4) may be exercised so as to extend, with or without modifications, to any of the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man any repeal or other amendment, made by Part 1, of legislation to which the power relates.
(4) The powers are the powers under any of the following provisions—
(a) section 36 of the Immigration Act 1971;
(b) section 163(4) of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002;
(c) section 60(4) of the UK Borders Act 2007.
(5) Regulations under section 5 may provide that an amendment, repeal or revocation made by those regulations has the same extent as the provision amended, repealed or revoked (ignoring extent by virtue of an Order in Council under any of the Immigration Acts).