Commentary on Sections Part 7: Border and Immigration Inspectorate Section 54: Abolition of other bodies
157.Section 54 provides for the abolition of the monitor provided for by section 19E of the Race Relations Act 1976 (monitor of exception in relation to immigration cases), the Monitor of Accommodation Centres (provided for by section 34 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002), the monitor provided for by section 111 of that Act (monitor of certification of claims as unfounded) and the Advisory Panel on Country Information (provided for by section 142 of that Act). Section 48 tasks the Chief Inspector with the duties formerly carried out by these persons/bodies, with the exception of the Monitor of Accommodation Centres, the position of which is being abolished because accommodation centres have never been established.