Commentary on Sections Part 3: Treatment of claimants Section 21: Children
73.Section 21 requires the Secretary of State to issue a code of practice to ensure that in exercising its functions in the United Kingdom the Border and Immigration Agency takes appropriate steps to ensure that while children are in the United Kingdom they are safe from harm. Subsection (2) requires the Border and Immigration Agency to have regard to the code in the exercise of its functions.
74.Subsection (3) provides that the code will come into force through an order made by the Secretary of State by statutory instrument subject to the negative resolution procedure. Subsection (4) enables the Secretary of State to revise the code subject to the same procedure.