Immigration Act 1971 (Amendment) Bill (HL Bill 31)

1 Immigration Act 1971: amendment

After section 3(9) of the Immigration Act 1971 insert the following new
subsections—

“(10) In making rules under subsection (2), the Secretary of State must have
5regard to the following.

(11) Rules must provide for persons seeking asylum, within the meaning of
the rules, to apply to the Secretary of State for permission to take up
employment and that permission must be granted if—

(a) a decision has not been taken on the applicant’s asylum
10application within six months of the date on which it was
recorded, or

(b) an individual makes further submissions which raise asylum
grounds and a decision to refuse to treat such further
submissions as a fresh claim or on that fresh claim has not been
15taken within six months of the date on which they were
recorded.

(12) Permission for a person seeking asylum to take up employment shall be
on terms no less favourable than those upon which permission is
granted to a person recognised as a refugee to take up employment.”

2 20Short title, commencement and extent

(1) This Act may be cited as the Immigration Act 1971 (Amendment) Act 2013.

(2) This Act shall come into force on the day on which it is passed.

(3) This Act extends to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.