
1 
This Order may be cited as the Immigration Act 1971 (Commencement) Order 1972.
2 
Except as otherwise provided by the Immigration Act 1971, Parts I to III of that Act shall come into force on 1st January 1973 and, accordingly, all the provisions thereof which have not previously come into force shall come into force on that date.
Robert Carr
One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State
Home Office
Whitehall
7th October 1972