Amendment of the Immigration Act 1971U.K.
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4.—(1) The Immigration Act 1971 is amended as follows.
(2) In section 2 (statement of right of abode in United Kingdom) , in subsection (2), for “and section 5(2)” substitute “ , section 5(2) and section 25 ”.
(3) In section 25 (assisting unlawful immigration to member State) —
(a)in the heading, after “member State” insert “ or the United Kingdom ”;
(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(c)in subsection (2)—
(i)after “member State” insert “ or the United Kingdom ”;
(ii)after “of the State” insert “ or, as the case may be, of the United Kingdom ”;
(iii)in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c), after “the State” insert “ or the United Kingdom ”;
(d)after subsection (2), insert—
“(2A) In subsections (1) and (2), “national of the United Kingdom” means—
(a)a British citizen;
(b)a person who is a British subject by virtue of Part 4 of the British Nationality Act 1981 and who has the right of abode in the United Kingdom; or
(b)a person who is a British overseas territories citizen by virtue of a connection with Gibraltar.”;
(e)in subsection (7)(a), for the words from “a State” to the end substitute “ Norway or Iceland ”;
(f)in subsection (7)(b), for “a State on that list”, substitute “ Norway or Iceland ”;
(g)omit subsection (8).
(4) In section 25C (forfeiture of vehicle, ship or aircraft) , in subsection (9)(a), after “a member State” insert “ or the United Kingdom ”.
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