Consultation outcome

Clandestine civil penalty regime

• From: Home Office and UK Visas and Immigration
• Published: 7 March 2016

This was published under the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

This consultation has concluded

Detail of outcome

The responses we received contributed to the updated civil penalty code of practice.

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Original consultation

Summary

Proposals to improve the UK’s clandestine civil penalty regime to encourage more hauliers to secure their vehicles more effectively.

This consultation ran from
4pm on 7 March 2016 to 5pm on 18 April 2016

Consultation description

Under Section 32 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999, those responsible for bringing clandestine entrants (illegal migrants hiding in their vehicles) to the UK may be liable for a civil penalty. The regime has not changed since codes of practice on the level of penalty and guidance on security measures were introduced in 2004.

This consultation seeks views on whether, and if so how, the regime could be modernised and asks what more industry can do to mitigate the risk of clandestine entry to the United Kingdom.

A response form is provided at the end of the document.

Documents

Clandestine civil penalty - consultation on proposals to improve the civil penalty regime

PDF, 310 KB, 17 pages

Published 7 March 2016