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# The Immigration (Employment of Adults Subject to Immigration Control) (Maximum Penalty) (Amendment) Order 2024

## Title and introductory text {#prelims}

2024 No. 82
Immigration
The Immigration (Employment of Adults Subject to Immigration Control) (Maximum Penalty) (Amendment) Order 2024
Made
23rd January 2024
Coming into force in accordance with article 1(2)
The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 15(2) and 20(1)(c) of the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006.
In accordance with section 20(2) of that Act, a draft of this Order has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.

## 1 Citation, commencement and extent {#article-1}

(1) This Order may be cited as the Immigration (Employment of Adults Subject to Immigration Control) (Maximum Penalty) (Amendment) Order 2024.
(2) This Order comes into force on 22nd January 2024 or, if later, on the twenty-first day after the day on which it is made.
(3) This Order extends to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

## 2 Amendment to the Immigration (Employment of Adults Subject to Immigration Control) (Maximum Penalty) Order 2008 {#article-2}

(1) In article 2 of the Immigration (Employment of Adults Subject to Immigration Control) (Maximum Penalty) Order 2008 for “£20,000” substitute “£60,000”.
(2) The amendment made by paragraph (1) does not apply in respect of a penalty notice issued to an employer who has acted contrary to section 15(1) of the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 if, in respect of any employment to which the notice relates, the contravention occurred solely before the coming into force of this Order.