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Immigration Act 1971
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- s. 8B(1)-(3) power to modify conferred by S.I. 2020/733 reg. 38(1) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Regulations revoked prospectively by S.I. 2020/1278, regs. 1(2), 66(4))
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- s. 10(1) words repealed by 1999 c. 33 Sch. 14 para. 47(2) Sch. 16
- s. 10(2) words substituted by 1999 c. 33 Sch. 14 para. 47(4)
- s. 11(1) applied by 2023 c. 37 s. 2(10)
- s. 11(1) words inserted by 1999 c. 33 Sch. 14 para. 48
- s. 11(1) words omitted by 2016 c. 19 Sch. 10 para. 15(b) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. The prospectively inserted words in s. 11(1) by 1999 c. 33, Sch. 14 para. 48 have not yet been commenced.)
- s. 25(1) word substituted by S.I. 2019/745 reg. 4(3)(b)(i) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Reg. 4(3)(b) omitted immediately before IP completion day by virtue of S.I. 2020/1309, regs. 1(2)(a), 48)
- s. 25(1) words inserted by S.I. 2019/745 reg. 4(3)(b)(ii) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Reg. 4(3)(b) omitted immediately before IP completion day by virtue of S.I. 2020/1309, regs. 1(2)(a), 48)
- s. 25(7)(b) words substituted by S.I. 2019/745 reg. 4(3)(f)
- s. 26A(1)(b)(i) words substituted by 2016 c. 19 Sch. 11 para. 32(2)
- s. 26A(1)(b)(ii) omitted by 2016 c. 19 Sch. 11 para. 2(a)
- s. 26A(2) words substituted by 2016 c. 19 Sch. 11 para. 32(3)
- s. 28A(3)(a) word inserted by 2016 c. 19 s. 44(3)
- s. 28B(5) word inserted by 2016 c. 19 s. 44(4)
- s. 28D(4) word inserted by 2016 c. 19 s. 44(6)
- s. 36 power extended by 2020 c. 1 s. 42(4)
- Sch. 2 para. 17A applied by 2023 c. 37 s. 8(14)
- Sch. 2 excluded in part by 2002 c. 41, s. 62(3A) (as inserted) by 2023 c. 37 s. 11(8)
- Sch. 2 para. 16 cross-heading words inserted by 2023 c. 37 s. 11(3)
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- s. 10(1A)(1B) inserted by 1999 c. 33 Sch. 14 para. 47(3)
- s. 24(1)(fa) inserted by 2023 c. 37 s. 10(2)
- s. 24C-24F inserted by 2016 c. 19 s. 44(2)
- s. 26A(1)(b)(ia) inserted by 2016 c. 19 Sch. 11 para. 25
- s. 27(1)(aa) inserted by 2023 c. 37 s. 10(3)(a)
- s. 27(1)(ba) inserted by 2023 c. 37 s. 10(3)(b)
- s. 28CA(1)(bb) substituted for word in s. 28CA(1)(b) by 2016 c. 19 s. 44(5)
- Sch. 2 para. 27B(4A) inserted by 2004 c. 19 s. 16
- Sch. 2 para. 26(4) inserted by 2016 c. 19 s. 74(1)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 1A inserted by 2016 c. 19 Sch. 13
- Sch. 2 para. 11A inserted by 2023 c. 37 s. 10(4)
Part I Regulation of Entry into and Stay in United Kingdom
7.Exemption from deportation for certain existing residents.
8AA.Persons ineligible for leave to enter and remain, entry clearance and ETA
8B.Persons excluded from the United Kingdom under certain instruments.
11.Construction of references to entry, and other phrases relating to travel.
11B.Offshore workers: requirements to notify arrival and entry dates etc
25.Assisting unlawful immigration to member State or the United Kingdom
25B. Assisting entry to United Kingdom in breach of deportation or exclusion order
26. General offences in connection with administration of Act.
27. Offences by persons connected with ships or aircraft or with ports.
28F.Entry and search of premises following arrest under section 25, 25A, or 25B.
SCHEDULES
Administrative Provisions as to Control on Entry etc.
Examination by immigration officers, and medical examination
Removal of persons refused leave to enter and illegal entrants
Detention of persons liable to examination or removal
17A.(1) A person liable to be detained under paragraph 16...
18.(1) Persons may be detained under paragraph 16 above in...
18A.(1) An immigration officer or constable may search a person...
18B.(1) Where a person detained under paragraph 16(2) is an...
20.(1) Subject to the provisions of this paragraph, in either...
Temporary admission or release of persons liable to detention
Supplementary duties of those connected with ships or aircraft or with ports
Integration with United Kingdom Law of Immigration Law of Islands
Enforcement powers in relation to ships
The Adjudicators and the Tribunal
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